multiple inserts

hi all,

I'm wondering if it is at all possible to do a mass insert into a table
using only a single query?

Something along the lines of:

insert into mytable values (val1), (val2), (val3)

rather than doing three discrete insert into statements.

this seems like something that should be there, but a week's worth of
googling hasnt turned anything up.

thanks
Oren

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