Re: "there is no way to insert less than one row"

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: max1(at)inbox(dot)ru, Pg Docs <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: "there is no way to insert less than one row"
Date: 2021-04-07 11:54:34
Message-ID: d0b1dfee-0bd4-195b-c4ef-8ab7bf42de69@enterprisedb.com
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On 25.03.21 00:55, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> : When a table is created, it contains no data. The first thing to do
> : before a database can be of much use is to insert data. Data is
> : inserted one row at a time. Of course you can also insert
> : more than one row in a single command, but it is not possible to
> : insert something that is not a complete row.
> : Even if you know only some column values, a complete row is created.
>
> The next paragraphs explain that omitted columns are defaulted, which
> IMO flows neatly from here.

done that way

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