# simple table insert

**URL:** <https://forum.kx.com/t/simple-table-insert/7995>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** kdb-and-q\
**Created:** [November 14, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/simple-table-insert/7995 "2012-11-14T21:56:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sam11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Sam11](https://forum.kx.com/u/Sam11)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/simple-table-insert/7995/1 "2012-11-14T21:56:00Z")

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This is &nbsp;simple. After months of writing code in kdb/q, i cant figure out why this is not working -

t:([id:0#`] val:0#0n)

q)`t insert (`A;1000)

'type

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![david\_katz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@david\_katz](https://forum.kx.com/u/david_katz)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/simple-table-insert/7995/2 "2012-11-14T21:58:00Z")

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`t insert (`A;1000f) should work

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Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:56:15 -0800  
From: [jain.samit@gmail.com](mailto:jain.samit@gmail.com)  
To: [personal-kdbplus@googlegroups.com](mailto:personal-kdbplus@googlegroups.com)  
Subject: [personal kdb+] simple table insert

This is &nbsp;simple. After months of writing code in kdb/q, i cant figure out why this is not working -

t:([id:0#`] val:0#0n)

q)`t insert (`A;1000)

'type

Any ideas?

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Submitted via Google Groups

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**Author:** ![wp1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/db5fbb/32.png) [@wp1](https://forum.kx.com/u/wp1)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/simple-table-insert/7995/3 "2012-11-14T22:03:00Z")

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`t insert (`A;1000f)

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**Author:** ![Sam11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Sam11](https://forum.kx.com/u/Sam11)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/simple-table-insert/7995/4 "2012-11-14T22:36:00Z")

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ah thanks. I kept doing 1000e for real types
