Change it to 

INSERT into book(
     isbn,
     title,
     authlname,
     authfname,
     publisher,
     pubdate,
     dewey,
     lcnum
     )
     values (
     '1-56592-434-7',
     'MySQL & mSQL',
     'Yarger',
     'Randy Jay',
     "O'Reilly",
     null,
     null,
     null
     ),
     (
     '0-312-25313-3',
     'Coup de Grace',
     'Borthwick',
     'J S',
     "St Martin's Minotaur",
     null,
     '813.54-dc21',
     'PS3552.O756 C68 2000'
     );

i.e. drop 'values' for the second row

Regards
Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Rea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, 26 February 2002 12:34 p.m.
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Beginner needs help
> 
> 
> I'm getting a syntax error when I try to insert more two 
> sets of values into a table. 
> 
> I have looked at the manual on the insert statement, and 
> don't see what is wrong. 
> 
> Can someone tell me.
> 
> Here's the info.
> mysql> describe book;
> +-----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
> | Field     | Type        | Null | Key | Default | Extra    
>       |
> +-----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
> | booknum   | int(20)     |      | PRI | NULL    | 
> auto_increment |
> | isbn      | varchar(14) | YES  |     | NULL    |          
>       |
> | title     | varchar(50) | YES  |     | NULL    |          
>       |
> | authlname | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |          
>       |
> | authfname | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |          
>       |
> | publisher | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |          
>       |
> | pubdate   | date        | YES  |     | NULL    |          
>       |
> | dewey     | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |          
>       |
> | lcnum     | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |          
>       |
> | checkin   | date        | YES  |     | NULL    |          
>       |
> | checkout  | date        | YES  |     | NULL    |          
>       |
> | duedate   | date        | YES  |     | NULL    |          
>       |
> +-----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
> 12 rows in set (0.00 sec)
> 
> Here's the attempt:
> mysql> INSERT into book(
>     -> isbn,
>     -> title,
>     -> authlname,
>     -> authfname,
>     -> publisher,
>     -> pubdate,
>     -> dewey,
>     -> lcnum
>     -> )
>     -> values (
>     -> '1-56592-434-7',
>     -> 'MySQL & mSQL',
>     -> 'Yarger',
>     -> 'Randy Jay',
>     -> "O'Reilly",
>     -> null,
>     -> null,
>     -> null
>     -> ),
>     -> values(
>     -> '0-312-25313-3',
>     -> 'Coup de Grace',
>     -> 'Borthwick',
>     -> 'J S',
>     -> "St Martin's Minotaur",
>     -> null,
>     -> '813.54-dc21',
>     -> 'PS3552.O756 C68 2000'
>     -> );
> ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 
> 'values(
> '0-312-25313-3',
> 'Coup de Grace',
> 'Borthwick',
> 'J S',
> "St Martin's Minot' at line 21
> 
> TIA
> 
> -- 
> Bob Rea
> 
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