insert data into multiple tables sql code example

Example 1: insert data into multiple tables mysql

BEGIN;
INSERT INTO users (username, password)
  VALUES('test', 'test');
INSERT INTO profiles (userid, bio, homepage) 
  VALUES(LAST_INSERT_ID(),'Hello world!', 'http://www.stackoverflow.com');
COMMIT;

Example 2: how to insert multiple records at once in sql acess

INSERT INTO target_table ( column_name1, column_name2 )
SELECT column_name1, column_name2
FROM (SELECT tableNameColumn AS column_name1, tableNameColumn2 FROM tableName, tableName2
WHERE tableNameColumn = 3 AND tableNameColumn2 = 1 
UNION ALL
SELECT tableNameColumn AS column_name1, tableNameColumn2 FROM tableName, tableName2
WHERE tableNameColumn = 3 AND tableNameColumn2 = 1) AS TMP

example:
INSERT INTO ProgKnowledge ( UserID, ProgramID )
SELECT UserID, ProgramID
FROM (SELECT Users.ID AS UserID, Programs.ProgramID FROM Users, Programs
WHERE Programs.ProgramID = 3 AND Users.ID = 1
UNION ALL
SELECT Users.ID AS UserID, Programs.ProgramID FROM Users, Programs
WHERE Programs.ProgramID = 4 AND Users.ID = 1)  AS add;

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