Insert() { #Insert table [no_id] < key value # [key value # […]] local \ table="$1" \ no_id="${2:-0}" \ insert_keys \ insert_values \ results while read key value do (( ${#insert_keys} )) && insert_keys+="," insert_keys+='`'"$key"'`' (( ${#insert_values} )) && insert_values+="," case $value in 'NULL') insert_values+="NULL" ;; +([0-9])?(.+([0-9]))) insert_values+=$value ;; *) insert_values+='"'"${value//\"/\"\"}"'"' ;; esac done echo "INSERT INTO $table" \ "( $insert_keys )" \ "VALUES" \ "( $insert_values );" >&3 (( no_id )) || { echo 'SELECT LAST_INSERT_ROWID();' >&3 read -u 4 results echo "$results" } }