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mysql cannot add rows with "UNION" 1

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lupidol

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Hello everyone,
Here is code to create table named 'abcd'/
Code: 
USE skullcrashingwords;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS abcd;
CREATE TABLE abcd(
  ID INT AUTO_INCREMENT, 
  Name VARCHAR(255) not null collate utf8_unicode_ci,
KEY (ID)
);

INSERT INTO abcd(name) 
SELECT 'aaaaa';
When I run this code a new abcd table is created containing one row.
When I try to create that table with 2 lines I run the following:
Code: 
USE skullcrashingwords;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS abcd;
CREATE TABLE abcd(
  ID INT AUTO_INCREMENT, 
  Name VARCHAR(255) not null collate utf8_unicode_ci,
KEY (ID)
);

INSERT INTO abcd(name) 
SELECT 'aaaaa';

UNION
SELECT 'bbbb';
But here I recieve the following error message:
[pre]ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'UNION
SELECT 'bbbb'' at line 1[/pre]
Can anyone help me with that enigmatic error ?
Thanks
 
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It's one statement not two, so remove the first semicolon and try
Code: 
INSERT INTO abcd(name) 
SELECT 'aaaaa'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'bbbb'
;
 
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Thanks,
unnecessary semicooln was illcopied, sorry for that.
Even though your code yielded error message it works !
I use "UNION" alone on tables that have INDEXES attached and it works ! Table with "KEY" column and with no accompanied INDEX "UNION" alone doesn't work but your suggestion made it work !
Thanks, but I still wonder why...
 
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For union the types of all columns have to match the target columns. And since you specify a collation in the name column, but only use string literals without a specified collation, that might already cause a warning about possible loss of data in conversion. Key columns pose another problem, but that concerns the insert part, not the union of records that finally are inserted.

Chriss
 
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