{"id":2650,"date":"2026-04-11T10:50:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T03:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pgtutorial.com\/?page_id=2650"},"modified":"2026-04-11T10:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T03:55:11","slug":"insert","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pgtutorial.com\/postgresql-python\/insert\/","title":{"rendered":"PostgreSQL Python: Insert Data into a table with psycopg3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"python-postgresql-insert-data-into-a-table-with-psycopg3\"><strong>Summary:<\/strong>\u00a0In this tutorial, you&#8217;ll learn how to insert one or multiple rows into a table from Python using <strong>Psycopg 3<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the steps for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pgtutorial.com\/postgresql-tutorial\/postgresql-insert\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"94\">inserting one<\/a> or more rows into a table from Python:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pgtutorial.com\/postgresql-python\/connect\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"2637\">connect to PostgreSQL<\/a> from Python.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next, create a cursor object from the&nbsp;<code>Connection<\/code>&nbsp;object.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Third, execute the&nbsp;<code>INSERT<\/code>&nbsp;statement with values by calling the&nbsp;<code>execute()<\/code>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<code>executemany()<\/code>&nbsp;method of the cursor object.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After that, save data permanently using the&nbsp;<code>commit()<\/code>&nbsp;method of the&nbsp;<code>Connection<\/code>&nbsp;object.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finally, retrieve the ID of the inserted row by calling the\u00a0<code>fetchone()<\/code>\u00a0method of the\u00a0<code>Cursor<\/code>\u00a0object.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"prerequisites\" id='prerequisites'>Prerequisites <a href=\"#prerequisites\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"prerequisites\" title=\"Anchor for Prerequisites\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This tutorial assumes you already have a&nbsp;<code>products<\/code>&nbsp;table like this in the&nbsp;<code>pyinventory<\/code>&nbsp;database:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">CREATE<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">TABLE<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">IF<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">NOT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">EXISTS<\/span> products (\n    product_id <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">INT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">GENERATED<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">ALWAYS<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">AS<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">IDENTITY<\/span> PRIMARY <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">KEY<\/span>,\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">name<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">VARCHAR<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-number\">255<\/span>) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">NOT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-literal\">NULL<\/span>,\n    price <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">NUMERIC<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-number\">10<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">NOT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-literal\">NULL<\/span>,\n    safety_stock <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">INTEGER<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">NOT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-literal\">NULL<\/span>,\n    gross_weight <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">NUMERIC<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-number\">10<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>)\n);\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"insert-one-row-into-a-table\" id='insert-one-row-into-a-table'>Insert one row into a table <a href=\"#insert-one-row-into-a-table\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"insert-one-row-into-a-table\" title=\"Anchor for Insert one row into a table\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following script inserts one row into the&nbsp;<code>products<\/code>&nbsp;table:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> psycopg\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> config <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> config\n\nsql = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"\"\nINSERT INTO products (name, price, safety_stock, gross_weight)\nVALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s)\n\"\"\"<\/span>\n\ndata = (<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"iPhone 14 Pro\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">999.99<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">10<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">0.24<\/span>)\n\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">try<\/span>:\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">with<\/span> psycopg.connect(**config) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> conn:\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">with<\/span> conn.cursor() <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> cur:\n            cur.execute(sql, data)\n            print(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"1 row inserted successfully.\"<\/span>)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">except<\/span> Exception <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> e:\n    print(<span class=\"hljs-string\">f\"Error: <span class=\"hljs-subst\">{e}<\/span>\"<\/span>)\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-it-works\" id='how-it-works'>How it works. <a href=\"#how-it-works\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"how-it-works\" title=\"Anchor for How it works.\">#<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1: Import the&nbsp;<code>psycopg<\/code>&nbsp;library<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> psycopg<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<code>psycopg<\/code>\u00a0is the module that allows Python to connect to a PostgreSQL database, send SQL statements, and receive results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2: Import the database configuration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> config <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> config<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-4\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>This imports a variable called&nbsp;<code>config<\/code>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<code>config.py<\/code>. The&nbsp;<code>config<\/code>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;<strong>dictionary<\/strong>&nbsp;containing connection parameters like this:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-5\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">{\n    <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"host\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"localhost\"<\/span>,\n    <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"dbname\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"pyinventory\"<\/span>,\n    <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"user\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"postgres\"<\/span>,\n    <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"password\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"<\/span>\n}\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-5\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3: Define the SQL INSERT statement to insert a new row into the&nbsp;<code>products<\/code>&nbsp;table:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-6\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">sql = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"\"\nINSERT INTO products (name, price, safety_stock, gross_weight)\nVALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s)\"\"\"<\/span>\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-6\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>This defines a&nbsp;<strong>parameterized SQL statement<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code>products<\/code>&nbsp;is the target table to insert data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>(name, price, safety_stock, gross_weight)<\/code>\u00a0are columns of the products table where we&#8217;ll insert the data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>%s\u00a0are\u00a0placeholders\u00a0where the actual values will be supplied separately. It prevents SQL injection because psycopg will safely convert Python values to SQL values.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that the triple quotes (<code>\"\"\"<\/code>) allow writing multi-line SQL cleanly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4: Prepare the data to insert<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-7\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">data = (<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"iPhone 14 Pro\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">999.99<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">10<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">0.24<\/span>)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-7\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>This is a&nbsp;<strong>tuple<\/strong>&nbsp;that matches the placeholders in the SQL. The order is very important:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code>name<\/code>&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<code>\"iPhone 14 Pro\"<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>price<\/code>&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<code>999.99<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>safety_stock<\/code>&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<code>10<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>gross_weight<\/code>&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<code>0.24<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>psycopg will bind these values to&nbsp;<code>%s<\/code>&nbsp;in the SQL INSERT statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 5: Start error handling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-8\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">try<\/span>:<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-8\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>This begins a&nbsp;<code>try<\/code>&nbsp;block. It catches any error that happens while connecting to the database and executing SQL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 6: Open a database connection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-9\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">with<\/span> psycopg.connect(**config) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> conn:<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-9\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<code>psycopg.connect(**config)<\/code>&nbsp;creates a connection to PostgreSQL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<code>**config<\/code>&nbsp;expands the&nbsp;<code>config<\/code>&nbsp;dictionary into keyword arguments like this:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-10\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">psycopg.connect(\n    host=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"localhost\"<\/span>,\n    dbname=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"pyinventory\"<\/span>,\n    user=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"postgres\"<\/span>,\n    password=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"<\/span>\n)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-10\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<code>with ... as conn<\/code>&nbsp;statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Automatically closes the connection when complete.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Automatically commits if everything succeeds and rolls back if an exception occurs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 7: Create a cursor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-11\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">with<\/span> conn.cursor() <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> cur:\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-11\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>We use a <strong>cursor<\/strong>\u00a0to execute SQL statements. We use the with statement to ensure that the cursor is closed automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 8: Execute the&nbsp;<code>INSERT<\/code>&nbsp;statement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-12\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">cur.execute(sql, data)\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-12\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<code>execute()<\/code>\u00a0method sends the SQL\u00a0<code>INSERT<\/code>\u00a0statement to PostgreSQL and performs the insert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that psycopg replaces each&nbsp;<code>%s<\/code>&nbsp;with the corresponding value in&nbsp;<code>data<\/code>&nbsp;and converts Python types to the correct PostgreSQL types before the insert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 9: Confirm success<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-13\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">print(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"1 row inserted successfully.\"<\/span>)\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-13\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>We display a confirmation message if no error occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 10: Catch any errors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-14\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">except<\/span> Exception <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> e:<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-14\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>This catches&nbsp;<strong>any exception<\/strong>&nbsp;raised in the&nbsp;<code>try<\/code>&nbsp;block. Typical errors include<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Connection problems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Missing table<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Constraint violations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 11: Display the error message<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-15\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">print(<span class=\"hljs-string\">f\"Error: <span class=\"hljs-subst\">{e}<\/span>\"<\/span>)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-15\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>This displays the actual error message returned by&nbsp;<code>psycopg<\/code>&nbsp;or PostgreSQL. We use an f-string to make the message more readable and informative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"insert-multiple-rows-into-a-table\" id='insert-multiple-rows-into-a-table'>Insert multiple rows into a table <a href=\"#insert-multiple-rows-into-a-table\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"insert-multiple-rows-into-a-table\" title=\"Anchor for Insert multiple rows into a table\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following script inserts multiple rows into the&nbsp;<code>products<\/code>&nbsp;table:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-16\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> psycopg\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> config <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> config\n\nsql = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"\"\nINSERT INTO products (name, price, safety_stock, gross_weight)\nVALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s)\n\"\"\"<\/span>\n\nproducts = &#91;\n    (<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Galaxy S23 Ultra\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">1199.99<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">15<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">0.23<\/span>),\n    (<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Pixel 7 Pro\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">899.99<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">8<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">0.21<\/span>),\n]\n\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">try<\/span>:\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">with<\/span> psycopg.connect(**config) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> conn:\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">with<\/span> conn.cursor() <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> cur:\n            cur.executemany(sql, products)\n            print(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Multiple rows inserted successfully.\"<\/span>)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">except<\/span> Exception <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> e:\n    print(<span class=\"hljs-string\">f\"Error: <span class=\"hljs-subst\">{e}<\/span>\"<\/span>)\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-16\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Output:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-17\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">Multiple rows inserted successfully.\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-17\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>How it works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1. Import required modules<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-18\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> psycopg\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> config <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> config\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-18\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code>import psycopg<\/code>&nbsp;loads the PostgreSQL driver for Python.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>from config import config<\/code>&nbsp;imports the database connection settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2. Define the SQL INSERT statement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-19\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">sql = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"\"\nINSERT INTO products (name, price, safety_stock, gross_weight)\nVALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s)\n\"\"\"<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-19\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This SQL command inserts data into the&nbsp;<code>products<\/code>&nbsp;table.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>%s<\/code>&nbsp;are placeholders for values.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We&#8217;ll provide the values later from Python.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3. Prepare the data<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-20\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">products = &#91;\n    (<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Galaxy S23 Ultra\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">1199.99<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">15<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">0.23<\/span>),\n    (<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Pixel 7 Pro\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">899.99<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">8<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">0.21<\/span>),\n]<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-20\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code>products<\/code>&nbsp;stores a list of rows to insert.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each tuple represents one row.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The values in the tuple match the column order in the&nbsp;<code>INSERT<\/code>&nbsp;statement:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code>name<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>price<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>safety_stock<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>gross_weight<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4. Start the&nbsp;<code>try<\/code>&nbsp;block<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-21\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">try<\/span>:<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-21\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This tells Python to catch any errors if an exception occurs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 5. Open a database connection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-22\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">with<\/span> psycopg.connect(**config) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> conn:\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-22\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This creates a connection to PostgreSQL using the settings in&nbsp;<code>config<\/code>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>**config<\/code>&nbsp;passes the connection arguments as dictionary values.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>with<\/code>&nbsp;statement automatically closes the database connection when done.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 6. Create a cursor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-23\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">with<\/span> conn.cursor() <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> cur:<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-23\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Python uses a cursor to run SQL statements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<code>cursor()<\/code>&nbsp;returns a&nbsp;<code>cur<\/code>&nbsp;which is the cursor object.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 7. Insert multiple rows<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-24\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">cur.executemany(sql, products)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-24\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<code>executemany()<\/code>&nbsp;executes the same&nbsp;<code>INSERT<\/code>&nbsp;statement for each tuple in the&nbsp;<code>products<\/code>&nbsp;list, which inserts all rows in one step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 8. Print a success message<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-25\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">print(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Multiple rows inserted successfully.\"<\/span>)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-25\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 9. Handle errors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-26\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">except<\/span> Exception <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> e:\n    print(<span class=\"hljs-string\">f\"Error: <span class=\"hljs-subst\">{e}<\/span>\"<\/span>)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-26\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If any error happens, Python jumps to the except block. The&nbsp;<code>e<\/code>&nbsp;stores the error message.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This code prints the error instead of crashing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"insert-a-row-into-a-table-and-return-it\" id='insert-a-row-into-a-table-and-return-it'>Insert a row into a table and return it <a href=\"#insert-a-row-into-a-table-and-return-it\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"insert-a-row-into-a-table-and-return-it\" title=\"Anchor for Insert a row into a table and return it\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following script inserts one row into a table and gets the inserted ID:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-27\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> psycopg\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> config <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> config\n\nsql = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"\"\nINSERT INTO products (name, price, safety_stock, gross_weight)\nVALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s)\nRETURNING product_id, name, price, safety_stock, gross_weight\n\"\"\"<\/span>\n\ndata = (<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Xperia 1 IV\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">1299.99<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">7<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">0.19<\/span>)\n\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">try<\/span>:\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">with<\/span> psycopg.connect(**config) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> conn:\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">with<\/span> conn.cursor() <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> cur:\n            cur.execute(sql, data)\n            row = cur.fetchone()\n            print(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Inserted row:\"<\/span>)\n            print(row)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">except<\/span> Exception <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> e:\n    print(<span class=\"hljs-string\">f\"Error: <span class=\"hljs-subst\">{e}<\/span>\"<\/span>)\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-27\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Output:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-28\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">Inserted row:\n(<span class=\"hljs-number\">4<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'Xperia 1 IV'<\/span>, Decimal(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'1299.99'<\/span>), <span class=\"hljs-number\">7<\/span>, Decimal(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'0.19'<\/span>))\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-28\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>How it works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1. Import the required modules<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-29\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> psycopg\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> config <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> config<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-29\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>This imports the psycopg and database connection settings stored in the config variable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2. Define the SQL statement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-30\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">sql = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"\"\nINSERT INTO products (name, price, safety_stock, gross_weight)\nVALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s)\nRETURNING product_id, name, price, safety_stock, gross_weight\n\"\"\"<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-30\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>This INSERT statement inserts a new row into the&nbsp;<code>products<\/code>&nbsp;table and returns the inserted record, including the generated&nbsp;<code>product_id<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3. Prepare the input data<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-31\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">data = (<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Xperia 1 IV\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">1299.99<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">7<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">0.19<\/span>)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-31\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>These values match the placeholders in the <code>INSERT<\/code> statement and are passed safely as parameters, preventing SQL injection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4. Open a database connection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-32\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">with<\/span> psycopg.connect(**config) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> conn:<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-32\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<code>with<\/code>&nbsp;statement opens a database connection and ensures it is automatically closed when done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 5. Create a cursor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-33\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">with<\/span> conn.cursor() <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> cur:<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-33\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>We use a cursor to execute SQL commands and fetch results from the database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 6. Execute the query<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-34\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">cur.execute(sql, data)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-34\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The execute() sends the INSERT statement and its parameters to PostgreSQL for execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 7. Read the returned row<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-35\" data-shcb-language-name=\"Python\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"python\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-python\">row = cur.fetchone()\nprint(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Inserted row:\"<\/span>)\nprint(row)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-35\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">Python<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">python<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<code>RETURNING<\/code>&nbsp;clause allows you to fetch the inserted row immediately, which is useful for the insert verification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 8. 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