There are fewer columns in the Insert statement than values?

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I am running this error when i want to insert my data to the table field. The lenghth are as follows;

Name PK nvarchar(50)

Latitiute numeric(18,0)

Longitute numeric(18,0)

Description nvarchar(300)

There are fewer columns in the INSERT statement than values specified in the VALUES clause. The number of values in the VALUES clause must match the number of columns specified in the INSERT statement.

insert into dbo.Locations(Name, Latitute, Longitute, Description)
values('Port Elizabeth', 33.9608, 25.6022, 'Port Elizabeth is a city on Algoa Bay in South Africa Eastern Cape Province.',
'Mtata', 316067, 28.7781, 'Mthatha, or Umtata, is the main town of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa',
'East London', 33.0292, 27.8546, 'East London is a city on the Indian Ocean, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape. It’s known for its beaches, such as Nahoon and Cove Rock');

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Guest User6y ago
In another words one by one each row table field. To allow enough length be executed first eact time.
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Rajanikant Hawaldar6y ago
Insert like this
insert into dbo.Locations(Name, Latitute, Longitute, Description)
values('Port Elizabeth', 33.9608, 25.6022, 'Port Elizabeth is a city on Algoa Bay in South Africa Eastern Cape Province.');
// call insert command
insert into dbo.Locations(Name, Latitute, Longitute, Description)
values('Mtata', 316067, 28.7781, 'Mthatha, or Umtata, is the main town of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa');

// call insert command
insert into dbo.Locations(Name, Latitute, Longitute, Description)
values('East London', 33.0292, 27.8546, 'East London is a city on the Indian Ocean, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape. It’s known for its beaches, such as Nahoon and Cove Rock');
// call insert command
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Guest User6y ago
Yes
What i just did i re write this query using Union. See my query below
NSERT INTO dbo.Locations
SELECT 'Port Elizabeth', 33.9608, 25.6022, 'Port Elizabeth is a city on Algoa Bay in South Africa Eastern Cape Province.'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'Mtata', 31.6067, 28.7781, 'Mthatha, or Umtata, is the main town of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'East London', 33.0292, 27.8546, 'East London is a city on the Indian Ocean, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.'
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Sreekanth Reddy6y ago
Hi Gcobani Mkontwana,

Please try the following :

insert into dbo.Locations(Name, Latitute, Longitute, Description)
values('Port Elizabeth', 33.9608, 25.6022, 'Port Elizabeth is a city on Algoa Bay in South Africa Eastern Cape Province.'),
('Mtata', 316067, 28.7781, 'Mthatha, or Umtata, is the main town of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa'),
('East London', 33.0292, 27.8546, 'East London is a city on the Indian Ocean, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape. It’s known for its beaches, such as Nahoon and Cove Rock')

Close the paranthesis for each and every set of record.

Mark as answer, If it helps. Else come up with your query.
Thank you.

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Rajanikant Hawaldar6y ago
this contains 4 columns
insert into dbo.Locations(Name, Latitute, Longitute, Description)
but below you passing more parameters / values because this only your getting that erro
values('Port Elizabeth', 33.9608, 25.6022, 'Port Elizabeth is a city on Algoa Bay in South Africa Eastern Cape Province.',
'Mtata', 316067, 28.7781, 'Mthatha, or Umtata, is the main town of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa',
'East London', 33.0292, 27.8546, 'East London is a city on the Indian Ocean, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape. It’s k
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