Adding entry inside a table in database - mysql

Question

I wanted to add an entry inside a table in SQL database.
For example I have the following Database
CREATE TABLE `distributor_geneology` (
`distributor_gen_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL,
`user_id` varchar(24) NOT NULL,
`id` bigint(20) NOT NULL,
`sponsor_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL,
`rank` tinyint(4) NOT NULL
);
And I want to add an entry in sponsor_id or say id inside a database.
First, I imported the database in my SQL Workbench then In my SQL Workbench, I ran a command select * from distributor_geneology which gave me
Error Code: 1146. Table 'dba_db.distributor_genelogy' doesn't exist
[Question] How can I create/add Entry for ID (or sponsor ID or any other filed)?

Answer 1

One typical way which data would enter a MySQL database is via an INSERT statement:
INSERT INTO distributor_geneology (distributor_gen_id, user_id, id, sponsor_id, rank)
VALUES
(1, 1, 1, 1, 1);
I am inserting 1 everywhere, but you may alter the tuple with the values you want.
Another way to get data into a table is bulk loading via LOAD DATA.

Answer 2

For your first part of your question which is "Add an entry to inside table"
this operation called insertion in the database and the keyword database used to insert data is insert into
It is possible to write the INSERT INTO statement in two ways:
1- specifies both the column names and the values to be inserted
INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2, column3, ...)
VALUES (value1, value2, value3, ...);
you can rearrange the columns orders as you want but must the values be the same order of the columns and you can let any column null if you don't want to insert any data in this column but be careful if you have not null column you must insert in you query
in your case, all the columns you have are not null.
2- if you do not need to specify the column names in the SQL query. make sure the order of the values is in the same order as the columns in the table
INSERT INTO table_name
VALUES (value1, value2, value3, ...);
For your second part of your question which is "Error Code: 1146. Table 'dba_db.distributor_genelogy' doesn't exist"
First, ensure you imported the DB correctly and if yes > write try to use DB name in your query.
select * from DB_Name.Table_Name
Edit:
Try this query format
INSERT INTO distributor_geneology (distributor_gen_id, user_id, id, sponsor_id, rank)
VALUES
(10, '10', 10, 10, 10);
please note I put second value between 2 quotes because you are defining the user_id as varchar which means not an integer so we should put it between qouts