freeCodeCamp/guide/english/sql/sql-insert-query/index.md

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title: SQL Insert Query
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## SQL Insert Query

Insert queries are a way to insert data into a table. Let's say we have created a table using

```sql
CREATE TABLE example_table ( name varchar(255), age int)

```

**example_table**

| Name | Age |
| --- | --- |

Now to add some data to this table , we'll use **INSERT** in the following way:

```sql
INSERT INTO example_table (column1,column2) VALUES ("Andrew",23)

```

**example_table**

| Name | Age |
| --- | --- |
| Andrew | 23 |

Even the following will work, but it's always a good practice to specify which data is going into which column.

```sql
INSERT INTO table_name VALUES ("John", 28)

```

**example_table**

| Name | Age |
| --- | --- |
| Andrew | 23 |
| John | 28 |