Is it possible to insert multiple rows at a time in an SQLite database?

Question

In MySQL you can insert multiple rows like this:

INSERT INTO \'tablename\' (\'column1\', \'column2\') VALUES
    (\'data1\', \'data2\'),
    (\'data1\', \'da         


        

Answer 1

Alex is correct: the "select ... union" statement will lose the ordering which is very important for some users. Even when you insert in a specific order, sqlite changes things so prefer to use transactions if insert ordering is important.

create table t_example (qid int not null, primary key (qid));
begin transaction;
insert into "t_example" (qid) values (8);
insert into "t_example" (qid) values (4);
insert into "t_example" (qid) values (9);
end transaction;    

select rowid,* from t_example;
1|8
2|4
3|9