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@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
+[ WITH [ RECURSIVE ] <replaceable class="parameter">with_query</replaceable> [, ...] ]
INSERT INTO <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">column</replaceable> [, ...] ) ]
{ DEFAULT VALUES | VALUES ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | DEFAULT } [, ...] ) [, ...] | <replaceable class="PARAMETER">query</replaceable> }
[ RETURNING * | <replaceable class="parameter">output_expression</replaceable> [ [ AS ] <replaceable class="parameter">output_name</replaceable> ] [, ...] ]
@@ -85,6 +86,26 @@ INSERT INTO <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">with_query</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <literal>WITH</literal> clause allows you to specify one or more
+ subqueries that can be referenced by name in the <command>INSERT</>
+ query. See <xref linkend="queries-with"> and <xref linkend="sql-select">
+ for details.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ It is possible for the <replaceable class="parameter">query</replaceable>
+ (<command>SELECT</command> statement)
+ to also contain a <literal>WITH</literal> clause. In such a case both
+ sets of <replaceable>with_query</replaceable> can be referenced within
+ the <replaceable class="parameter">query</replaceable>, but the
+ second one takes precedence since it is more closely nested.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -287,7 +308,9 @@ INSERT INTO distributors (did, dname) VALUES (DEFAULT, 'XYZ Widgets')
<para>
<command>INSERT</command> conforms to the SQL standard, except that
the <literal>RETURNING</> clause is a
- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension. Also, the case in
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension, as is the ability
+ to use <literal>WITH</> with <command>INSERT</>.
+ Also, the case in
which a column name list is omitted, but not all the columns are
filled from the <literal>VALUES</> clause or <replaceable>query</>,
is disallowed by the standard.