Data Manipulation (DML)
Standard SQL data manipulation commands for reading and writing data.
INSERT
Insert one or more rows into a table:
INSERT INTO [<namespace>.]<table_name> (<column1>, <column2>, ...)
VALUES (<value1>, <value2>, ...);Batch Insert
INSERT INTO [<namespace>.]<table_name> (<column1>, <column2>, ...)
VALUES
(<value1a>, <value2a>, ...),
(<value1b>, <value2b>, ...);Examples
-- Single insert with auto-generated ID
INSERT INTO chat.messages (conversation_id, sender, content)
VALUES (1, 'alice', 'Hello!');
-- Batch insert
INSERT INTO chat.messages (conversation_id, sender, role, content)
VALUES
(1, 'alice', 'user', 'What is KalamDB?'),
(1, 'assistant', 'assistant', 'KalamDB is a SQL-first realtime database.');UPDATE
UPDATE [<namespace>.]<table_name>
SET <column1> = <value1>, <column2> = <value2>
WHERE <condition>;Example
UPDATE chat.messages
SET content = 'Updated message content'
WHERE id = 42;DELETE
DELETE FROM [<namespace>.]<table_name>
WHERE <condition>;Example
DELETE FROM chat.messages
WHERE conversation_id = 1 AND sender = 'bot';For deeper read-query patterns (joins, CTEs, and DataFusion-compatible advanced SELECT usage), see Query Data (SELECT & JOIN).
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