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if you notice, nobody else has commented because aneesh has supplied the right answer... please award the points to him so other experts do not spend time reviewing. thanks!<br />

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if you notice, nobody else has commented because aneesh has supplied the right answer... please award the points to him so other experts do not spend time reviewing. thanks!


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Really dumb question, but I'm totally confused. &nbsp; I want to insert multiple rows into a table with one statement. &nbsp;The obvious approach (well, at least I thought it was) is to execute the command...<br />
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INSERT INTO [MyDatabase].[dbo].[MenuAc<wbr />tions] ([Menu_ID],[Name],[Sequenc<wbr />e],[Action<wbr />_Type],[Ac<wbr />tion],[Tar<wbr />get],[IsDe<wbr />fault],[Ta<wbr />rget_Group<wbr />])<br />
VALUES<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;('ec404cee-6cfc-4279-a396-<wbr />c7cb271f13<wbr />09', 'Submit',100, 'JavaScript', 'submit()','_blank',1,'vie<wbr />wers'),<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;('ec404cee-6cfc-4279-a396-<wbr />c7cb271f13<wbr />09', 'Cancel',200, 'JavaScript', 'cancel()','_blank',1,'vie<wbr />wers'),<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;('ec404cee-6cfc-4279-a396-<wbr />c7cb271f13<wbr />09', 'Help',300, 'JavaScript', 'help()','_blank',1,'viewe<wbr />rs')<br />
GO<br />
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Well, SQL Server chokes on the ',' after the first entry. &nbsp;<br />
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Is it possible to do this? If so, how does it need to be formatted?
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Really dumb question, but I'm totally confused.   I want to insert multiple rows into a table with one statement.  The obvious approach (well, at least I thought it was) is to execute the command...

INSERT INTO [MyDatabase].[dbo].[MenuActions] ([Menu_ID],[Name],[Sequence],[Action_Type],[Action],[Target],[IsDefault],[Target_Group])
VALUES
   ('ec404cee-6cfc-4279-a396-c7cb271f1309', 'Submit',100, 'JavaScript', 'submit()','_blank',1,'viewers'),
   ('ec404cee-6cfc-4279-a396-c7cb271f1309', 'Cancel',200, 'JavaScript', 'cancel()','_blank',1,'viewers'),
   ('ec404cee-6cfc-4279-a396-c7cb271f1309', 'Help',300, 'JavaScript', 'help()','_blank',1,'viewers')
GO

Well, SQL Server chokes on the ',' after the first entry.  

Is it possible to do this? If so, how does it need to be formatted?

How do I insert multiple rows into a single table with one INSERT statement?

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