I am new to postgreSQL. Is there any way to insert row in postgreSQL pgAdmin without using SQL Editor (SQL query)?
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1I really don't recommend using PgAdmin-III as a data editor. Use something like OpenOffice Base, which can be connected to PostgreSQL.Craig Ringer– Craig Ringer2014-03-31 07:37:42 +00:00Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 7:37
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The accepted answer is related to PgAdmin 3 which is outdated and not supported. For PgAdmin 4 and above, the application is running in the browser.
After you create your table, you have to make sure that your table has a primary key otherwise you couldn't edit the data as mentioned in the official documentation.
To modify the content of a table, each row in the table must be uniquely identifiable. If the table definition does not include an OID or a primary key, the displayed data is read only. Note that views cannot be edited; updatable views (using rules) are not supported.
1- Add primary key
Expand your table properties by clicking on it in the pgAdmin4 legend. Right-click on 'Constraints', select 'Create' --> 'Primary Key'to define a primary key column.
2- View the data in excel like format
Browser view, right-click on your table --> select View/Edit Data --> All Rows
3- Add new row / Edit data
On the Data Output tab at the bottom of the table below the last row, there will be an empty row where you can enter new data in an excel-like manner. If you want to make updates you can also double click on any cell and change its value.
4- Save the changes
Click on the 'Save' button on the menu bar near the top of the data window.
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Tvaroh
No such row for an empty table.
Raymond Seger
you need to insert primary key first, otherwise it does not work
Manoj Seelan
The step-4 says, need to click on the Save button. But the highlighted icon doesn't look like Save button. Nevertheless, this solution worked for me. I used the Save button, to the left of the highlighted button here.
msciwoj
@ManojSeelan There are two Save buttons, the (ancient) 3½ floppy disc 💾 one (⌘/Ctrl+S) is to Save the script you have in the query editor into a File and the Grid-with-downward-arrow (F6) is to Save Data Changes. Once you hoover over those icons it will become clear
Joachim Rives
Just duplicating my comment from the older answer with German text. When there is no row or field for you to click after doing right-clicking the table and selecting
View/Edit Data, you are not allowed to add records to the table. It might be because of a constraint. For me, all tables were empty and this table's fields were all foreign keys with constraints. I had to add rows to the referenced tables before adding data.I think some answers don't provide an answer to the original question, some of them insert records but with SQL statements and the OP clearly said WITHOUT, so I post the right answer: (Step by Step)
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Jay Killeen
OK can be done in PGAdmin4 as per @niaomingjian but I needed PK set
Janac Meena
Even though it was in German, it was still better than the accepted answer
Big Pumpkin
It doesn't look like the step to hit the Enter key was necessary. In fact, hitting the Enter key did nothing in my pgAdmin. I just double clicked on the blank row at the bottom of the table, and populated a row and hit the save button.
mins
I should be the selected answer, even if we don't read German, we can follow the cascade in the right-click menu.
Reversed Engineer
@Pere It's only "not very useful" if you don't understand German!! I also don't, but at least this guy took the time and effort to provide a good answer. It will be "very useful" to you if you use Google Translate, or put forth a fraction of the effort he did :)
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Alternatively you can use the query tool:
INSERT INTO public.table01( name, age) VALUES (?, ?);
use the lightning icon to execute.
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You can do that without the SQL editor, but it's better to do this by queries.
Although, in pgAdmin, there is an option which you can click to have an excel-like window where you can add and update data in a table without using SQL language. Please select a table which you want to add a row first and click on the next icon here below.
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jPO
But you can't insert. Only update there. At least my pgadmin doesn't have a button or anything to insert new line there.
Ratan Uday Kumar
GUI view data not avialable in mac pgadmin v4
Editing table data without primary key is forbidden
If your tables don't have a primary key or OIDs, you can view the data only.
Inserting new rows and changing existing rows isn't possible for the Edit Data tool without primary key.
Use INSERT:
INSERT INTO tablename (field1, field2) values ('value1', 2);
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luisfer
I'm pretty sure he knows how INSERT work, he's asking specifically using pgAdmin
on pgAdmin 4, right-click on the table and use the item like below. You can also use that script in the background.
Finally, to watch the inserted data do like below. You can also use that script in the background.
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All the above are correct answers. I just want to add that : When u create a table, make sure u have atleast one column as PRIMARY_KEY. Then, just follow the GUI : View/Edit data. U can add row as the last row of the table
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As an update, the icon for the save button is different in pgAdmin 4.
This is how the menu should look after right-clicking on the table you want to insert into and hovering over "View/Edit Data".
After adding rows, either press F6 (on Ubuntu) or click the icon that looks like a stack of discs (database icon) with a lock on it.
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