Notepad++ Multi editing

Question

How can I have multiple cursors in Notepad++?

I will have a couple of tab delimited values . I need to write a query for all of these values. For example, if I get a

Answer 1

Notepad++ has a powerful regex engine, capable to search and replace patterns at will.

In your scenario:

1. Click the menu item Search\Replace...

2. Fill the 'Find what' field with the search pattern:

   ^(\d{4})\s+(\w{3})\s+(\w{3})$
   

3. Fill the replace pattern:

   Insert into tbl (\1, \2) where clm = \3
   

4. Click the Replace All button.

And that's it.