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> Documentation for the SQLInsert format

# SQLInsert

| Input | Output | Alias |
| ----- | ------ | ----- |
| ✗     | ✔      |       |

<h2 id="description">
  Description
</h2>

Outputs data as a sequence of `INSERT INTO table (columns...) VALUES (...), (...) ...;` statements.

<h2 id="example-usage">
  Example usage
</h2>

Example:

```sql theme={null}
SELECT number AS x, number + 1 AS y, 'Hello' AS z FROM numbers(10) FORMAT SQLInsert SETTINGS output_format_sql_insert_max_batch_size = 2
```

```sql theme={null}
INSERT INTO table (x, y, z) VALUES (0, 1, 'Hello'), (1, 2, 'Hello');
INSERT INTO table (x, y, z) VALUES (2, 3, 'Hello'), (3, 4, 'Hello');
INSERT INTO table (x, y, z) VALUES (4, 5, 'Hello'), (5, 6, 'Hello');
INSERT INTO table (x, y, z) VALUES (6, 7, 'Hello'), (7, 8, 'Hello');
INSERT INTO table (x, y, z) VALUES (8, 9, 'Hello'), (9, 10, 'Hello');
```

To read data output by this format you can use [MySQLDump](/reference/formats/MySQLDump) input format.

<h2 id="format-settings">
  Format settings
</h2>

| Setting                                                                                                                      | Description                                         | Default   |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | --------- |
| [`output_format_sql_insert_max_batch_size`](/reference/settings/formats#output_format_sql_insert_max_batch_size)             | The maximum number of rows in one INSERT statement. | `65505`   |
| [`output_format_sql_insert_table_name`](/reference/settings/formats#output_format_sql_insert_table_name)                     | The name of the table in the output INSERT query.   | `'table'` |
| [`output_format_sql_insert_include_column_names`](/reference/settings/formats#output_format_sql_insert_include_column_names) | Include column names in INSERT query.               | `true`    |
| [`output_format_sql_insert_use_replace`](/reference/settings/formats#output_format_sql_insert_use_replace)                   | Use REPLACE statement instead of INSERT.            | `false`   |
| [`output_format_sql_insert_quote_names`](/reference/settings/formats#output_format_sql_insert_quote_names)                   | Quote column names with "\`" characters.            | `true`    |