SELECT * 
FROM DUAL 
CONNECT BY ROWNUM <= 9;

在PostgreSQL中，你可以做:

SELECT  *
FROM    (
        VALUES
        (1, 2),
        (3, 4)
        ) AS q (col1, col2)

在其他系统中，只需使用UNION ALL:

SELECT  1 AS col1, 2 AS col2
-- FROM    dual
-- uncomment the line above if in Oracle
UNION ALL
SELECT  3 AS col1, 3 AS col2
-- FROM    dual
-- uncomment the line above if in Oracle

在Oracle, SQL Server和PostgreSQL中，您还可以生成任意行数的记录集(可通过外部变量提供):

SELECT  level
FROM    dual
CONNECT BY
        level <= :n

在Oracle中,

WITH    q (l) AS
        (
        SELECT  1
        UNION ALL
        SELECT  l + 1
        FROM    q
        WHERE   l < @n
        )
SELECT  l
FROM    q
-- OPTION (MAXRECURSION 0)
-- uncomment line above if @n >= 100

在SQL Server中，

SELECT  l
FROM    generate_series(1, $n) l

在PostgreSQL。

SELECT 1, 2, 3
UNION ALL SELECT 4, 5, 6
UNION ALL SELECT 7, 8, 9

在Oracle中

SELECT
  CASE
    WHEN level = 1
    THEN 'HI'
    WHEN level = 2
    THEN 'BYE'
  END TEST
FROM dual
  CONNECT BY level <= 2;

下面是我如何使用一个简洁的XML技巧在Oracle 10+中填充静态数据。

create table prop
(ID NUMBER,
 NAME varchar2(10),
 VAL varchar2(10),
 CREATED timestamp,
 CONSTRAINT PK_PROP PRIMARY KEY(ID)
);

merge into Prop p
using (
select 
  extractValue(value(r), '/R/ID') ID,
  extractValue(value(r), '/R/NAME') NAME,
  extractValue(value(r), '/R/VAL') VAL
from
(select xmltype('
<ROWSET>
   <R><ID>1</ID><NAME>key1</NAME><VAL>value1</VAL></R>
   <R><ID>2</ID><NAME>key2</NAME><VAL>value2</VAL></R>
   <R><ID>3</ID><NAME>key3</NAME><VAL>value3</VAL></R>
</ROWSET>
') xml from dual) input,
 table(xmlsequence(input.xml.extract('/ROWSET/R'))) r
) p_new
on (p.ID = p_new.ID)
when not matched then
insert
(ID, NAME, VAL, CREATED)
values
( p_new.ID, p_new.NAME, p_new.VAL, SYSTIMESTAMP );

merge只插入原始表中缺少的行，这很方便 如果您想重新运行插入脚本。

下面是一种直接用MySQL请求SELECT创建自定义行的方法:

SELECT ALL *
FROM (
    VALUES
        ROW (1, 2, 3),
        ROW (4, 5, 6),
        ROW (7, 8, 9)
) AS dummy (c1, c2, c3)

给我们一个表假人:

c1   c2   c3
-------------
 1    2    3
 4    5    6
 7    8    9

用MySQL 8测试