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+
+
+# DML
+
+## COPY
+
+Copy a table to file(s). Supported file formats are `parquet`, `csv`, and `json`.
+
+The `PER_THREAD_OUTPUT` option treats `file_name` as a directory and writes a file per thread within it.
+
+
+COPY table_name TO 'file_name' [ ( option [, ... ] ) ]
+
+where option can be one of:
+ FORMAT format_name
+ PER_THREAD_OUTPUT boolean
+ ROW_GROUP_SIZE integer
+ ROW_GROUP_LIMIT_BYTES integer
+
+
+```sql
+> COPY source_table TO 'file_name.json';
++-------+
+| count |
++-------+
+| 2 |
++-------+
+
+> COPY source_table TO 'dir_name' (FORMAT parquet, PER_THREAD_OUTPUT true);
++-------+
+| count |
++-------+
+| 2 |
++-------+
+```
+
+## INSERT
+
+Insert values into a table.
+
+
+INSERT INTO table_name { VALUES ( expression [, ...] ) [, ...] | query }
+
+
+```sql
+> INSERT INTO target_table VALUES (1, 'Foo'), (2, 'Bar');
++-------+
+| count |
++-------+
+| 2 |
++-------+
+```
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@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ SQL Reference
select
subqueries
ddl
+ dml
explain
information_schema
operators