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The question speaks for itself. This is the reproducible script

create table t (c1 int, c2 int);
begin
  declare x int = 1;

  insert into t (c1, c2) values (x, 1);
  insert into t (c1, c2) values (1, 1), (1, 2);
  insert into t (c1, c2) values (x, 1), (x, 2); //=> Invalid value for INSERT near 'x' on line 6"
end

create variable y int = 1;
insert into t (c1, c2) values (y, 1);
insert into t (c1, c2) values (y, 1), (y, 2); //=> Invalid value for INSERT near 'y' on line 1

asked 10 Jan '20, 03:06

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Christian Ha...
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Fails also with v17.0.10.5963...

(10 Jan '20, 04:17) Volker Barth
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The Help contains these three poorly written stream-of-conciousness sentences:

"If you specify multiple row value constructors, they must be separated by commas. If the insert-expression is a host variable or procedure variable, then an error is returned. Using single-row INSERT...VALUES for host and procedure variables is supported."

The Help never clearly defines what a "procedure variable" is, and it only refers to "procedure variable" in this and one other location.

This is proof of the adage, "If you can't document it, you can't code it", something I have proven by personal example many times :)

(10 Jan '20, 08:14) Breck Carter
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Well at least they documented it a bit better compared to version 16... The help for version 16 only says:

If you specify multiple row value constructors, they must be separated by commas.

(10 Jan '20, 09:08) Christian Ha...

Yeah, there are two ways to fix a bug, as discussed here: change the code, or change the documentation.

(10 Jan '20, 10:41) Breck Carter
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