# How to insert data into a field from a table using JuliaDb

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**Created:** [April 3, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-insert-data-into-a-field-from-a-table-using-juliadb/10136 "2018-04-03T12:33:18Z")\
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How to insert data into a field from a table using JuliaDb?

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There’s an example of adding rows/records to a table [here](http://juliadb.org/latest/api/joins.html#Base.merge) using `merge`, and another for replacing/modifying columns [with `setcol`](http://juliadb.org/latest/api/selection.html#IndexedTables.setcol).