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The omitted columns must be either nullable or have a DEFAULT value.

6> CREATE TABLE employee(
7>    id          INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
8>    first_name  VARCHAR(10),
9>    last_name   VARCHAR(10),
10>    salary      DECIMAL(10,2),
11>    start_Date  DATETIME,
12>    region      VARCHAR(10),
13>    city        VARCHAR(20),
14>    managerid   INTEGER
15> );
16> GO
1> INSERT INTO employee (id) VALUES (3);
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1>
2> select * from employee;
3> GO
id          first_name last_name  salary       start_Date              region     city                 managerid
----------- ---------- ---------- ------------ ----------------------- ---------- -------------------- -----------
          3 NULL       NULL               NULL                    NULL NULL       NULL                        NULL

(1 rows affected)
1>
2>
3>
4>
5> drop table employee;
6> GO
1>








2.1.Insert
2.1.1.The syntax of the INSERT statement for inserting a single row
2.1.2.INSERT Statement
2.1.3.Inserting Data for a Subset of Table Columns
2.1.4.The insertion of values into some (but not all) of a table's columns usually requires the explicit specification of the corresponding columns.
2.1.5.The order of column names in the VALUE clause of the INSERT statement can be different from the original order of those columns.
2.1.6.An INSERT statement that adds the new row using a column list
2.1.7.INSERT statement with a column list
2.1.8.INSERT...DEFAULT VALUES
2.1.9.Use declared variables in insert statement
2.1.10.An INSERT statement that fails because a related row doesn't exist
2.1.11.eliminate the optional column list and allow SQL Server to assume we're providing something for every column
2.1.12.How to add rows to a table based on the output of a stored procedure