On Wed, 12 Jun 2024, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> Assuming 'people_person_nbr_seq' is the sequence attached to person_nbr
> and the other DEFAULTs are the column defaults then the syntax would be:
>
> INSERT INTO people
> (person_nbr, lname, fname, job_title, company_nbr,loc_nbr, direct_phone,
> cell_phone,email, active)
> VALUES
> (DEFAULT, 'klaver', 'adrian', DEFAULT, 1, 1, '555-1234', '555-4321',
> 'adrian.klaver@aklaver.com', DEFAULT);
>
> If they are not the column defaults then just supply the literal value.
Adrian,
No matter how many postgres docs and web pages I read I didn't find an
example as explicit as yours. Columns other than the person_nbr were not
defined with defaults and I expected to enter them for each row.
Many thanks for another valuable lesson.
Best regards,
Rich
