MS SQL: Insert Multiple Rows With One Query

Just figured this out. Using Microsoft SQl Server 2000, you can insert multiple rows into a table with one query as in the following examples:

Single Column:

CREATE TABLE test
(
val1 INTEGER NOT NULL
)

INSERT INTO test
SELECT 62
UNION
SELECT 91
UNION
SELECT 95
UNION
SELECT 98
UNION
SELECT 99

This will insert 5 rows into the table. To do multiple columns, use the following:

CREATE TABLE test
(
val1 VARCHAR(10),
val2 VARCHAR(10),
val3 VARCHAR(10),
val4 VARCHAR(10)
)
GO

INSERT INTO test
(val1, val2, val3, val4)
(SELECT 'a1', 'a2', 'a3', 'a4')
UNION
(SELECT 'b1', 'b2', 'b3', 'b4')
UNION
(SELECT 'c1', 'c2', 'c3', 'c4')
GO