CREATE TABLE joke (
	id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
	joketext TEXT,
	jokedate DATE NOT NULL
);

INSERT INTO joke SET
	joketext = "Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side!",
	jokedate = "2007-01-21";

//or

INSERT INTO joke
	(joketext, jokedate) VALUES (
	"Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side!", "2007-01-21"
);