Insert multiple rows using one insert statement in Access 2010

Question

I want to insert multiple values into an Access 2010 table, but I can\'t seem to find a way.
MySQL had a nice way:

INSERT INTO Production.UnitMeasure
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Answer 1

I know I'm a bit late to the game, but I was wanting to do the exact same thing you guys mentioned in your example. I was trying to insert a new list of default rows into a table/list using Access because I've had a lot of SQL experience, I was trying to do it the same way, however as you posters have noted, it's not possible to do the Unions and such.

However I just wanted to post a reply up here because in the case where you're manually typing in the values (string default values in this case) you can simply open Access in datasheet view, copy your data from Excel and just paste it into your Access table (or in my case, SharePoint list). You'll need to make sure you're columns are lined up exactly, but if you were going to manually type in your "insert" sql statements, just putting that info into an Excel spreadsheet shouldn't be a big deal.

In my case, my table/list only had a single column as a lookup, so I just copied the column from notepad++ and pasted it into the datasheet view.

Good luck everyone!