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.
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
(1, 1, '28-AUG-2008', 109.49, 'USD', 'JPY', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008'),
(2, 1, '28-AUG-2008', .54, 'USD', 'GBP', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008'),
(3, 1, '28-AUG-2008', 1.05, 'USD', 'CAD', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008'),
(4, 1, '28-AUG-2008', .68, 'USD', 'EUR', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008'),
(5, 1, '28-AUG-2008', 1.16, 'USD', 'AUD', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008'),
(6, 1, '28-AUG-2008', 7.81, 'USD', 'HKD', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008', '28-AUG-2008');
This works in Oracle:
insert into pager (PAG_ID,PAG_PARENT,PAG_NAME,PAG_ACTIVE)
select 8000,0,'Multi 8000',1 from dual
union all select 8001,0,'Multi 8001',1 from dual
The thing to remember here is to use the from dual statement.