# INSERT INTO
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Inserts data into an Iceberg table. Athena Iceberg `INSERT INTO` is charged the same as current `INSERT INTO` queries for external Hive tables by the amount of data scanned. To insert data into an Iceberg table, use the following syntax, where *query* can be either `VALUES (val1, val2, ...)` or `SELECT (col1, col2, …) FROM [db_name.]table_name WHERE predicate`. For SQL syntax and semantic details, see [INSERT INTO](insert-into.md).

```
INSERT INTO [db_name.]table_name [(col1, col2, …)] query
```

The following examples insert values into the table `iceberg_table`.

```
INSERT INTO iceberg_table VALUES (1,'a','c1')
```

```
INSERT INTO iceberg_table (col1, col2, ...) VALUES (val1, val2, ...)
```

```
INSERT INTO iceberg_table SELECT * FROM another_table
```