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SQL ReferenceData Manipulation

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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