Best way to do multi-row insert in Oracle?

Question

I\'m looking for a good way to perform multi-row inserts into an Oracle 9 database. The following works in MySQL but doesn\'t seem to be supported in Oracle.

Answer 1

Whenever I need to do this I build a simple PL/SQL block with a local procedure like this:

declare
   procedure ins
   is
      (p_exch_wh_key INTEGER, 
       p_exch_nat_key INTEGER, 
       p_exch_date DATE, exch_rate NUMBER, 
       p_from_curcy_cd VARCHAR2, 
       p_to_curcy_cd VARCHAR2, 
       p_exch_eff_date DATE, 
       p_exch_eff_end_date DATE, 
       p_exch_last_updated_date DATE);
   begin
      insert into tmp_dim_exch_rt 
      (exch_wh_key, 
       exch_nat_key, 
       exch_date, exch_rate, 
       from_curcy_cd, 
       to_curcy_cd, 
       exch_eff_date, 
       exch_eff_end_date, 
       exch_last_updated_date) 
      values
      (p_exch_wh_key, 
       p_exch_nat_key, 
       p_exch_date, exch_rate, 
       p_from_curcy_cd, 
       p_to_curcy_cd, 
       p_exch_eff_date, 
       p_exch_eff_end_date, 
       p_exch_last_updated_date);
   end;
begin
   ins (1, 1, '28-AUG-2008', 109.49, 'USD', 'JPY', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008'),
   ins (2, 1, '28-AUG-2008', .54, 'USD', 'GBP', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008'),
   ins (3, 1, '28-AUG-2008', 1.05, 'USD', 'CAD', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008'),
   ins (4, 1, '28-AUG-2008', .68, 'USD', 'EUR', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008'),
   ins (5, 1, '28-AUG-2008', 1.16, 'USD', 'AUD', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008'),
   ins (6, 1, '28-AUG-2008', 7.81, 'USD', 'HKD', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008');
end;
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