An SQL Query to insert 50 U.S. States into a database.
Make sure your auto increment is set in MySQL, and Identity_insert is set in MS-SQL.
CREATE TABLE [state](
[stateID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[stateCode] [nchar](2) NOT NULL,
[stateName] [nvarchar](128) NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_state] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
( [stateID] ASC )WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY])
ON [PRIMARY]
GO
INSERT into [state] values ('AL', 'Alabama'),
('AK', 'Alaska'),
('AZ', 'Arizona'),
('AR', 'Arkansas'),
('CA', 'California'),
('CO', 'Colorado'),
('CT', 'Connecticut'),
('DE', 'Delaware'),
('DC', 'District of Columbia'),
('FL', 'Florida'),
('GA', 'Georgia'),
('HI', 'Hawaii'),
('ID', 'Idaho'),
('IL', 'Illinois'),
('IN', 'Indiana'),
('IA', 'Iowa'),
('KS', 'Kansas'),
('KY', 'Kentucky'),
('LA', 'Louisiana'),
('ME', 'Maine'),
('MD', 'Maryland'),
('MA', 'Massachusetts'),
('MI', 'Michigan'),
('MN', 'Minnesota'),
('MS', 'Mississippi'),
('MO', 'Missouri'),
('MT', 'Montana'),
('NE', 'Nebraska'),
('NV', 'Nevada'),
('NH', 'New Hampshire'),
('NJ', 'New Jersey'),
('NM', 'New Mexico'),
('NY', 'New York'),
('NC', 'North Carolina'),
('ND', 'North Dakota'),
('OH', 'Ohio'),
('OK', 'Oklahoma'),
('OR', 'Oregon'),
('PA', 'Pennsylvania'),
('PR', 'Puerto Rico'),
('RI', 'Rhode Island'),
('SC', 'South Carolina'),
('SD', 'South Dakota'),
('TN', 'Tennessee'),
('TX', 'Texas'),
('UT', 'Utah'),
('VT', 'Vermont'),
('VA', 'Virginia'),
('WA', 'Washington'),
('WV', 'West Virginia'),
('WI', 'Wisconsin'),
('WY', 'Wyoming');