Insertion of multiple values using a single insert statement in oracle 10g

[simplyshravan]

Hey i am trying to insert multiple values in a table using a single insert into statement.I just wanted to avoid writing multiple insert into statements for entering data into a table.Is there any way i can do this.

I tried this way

create table ike
(Name varchar(25),
age number(3),
phn number(10),
salary number(9,2));

i created this table and tried unserting values

insert into ike('&name',&age,&phn,&salary);
Enter value for name:
Enter value for age:
Enter value for phn:
Enter value for salary:
When i entered the values it read an error message
Error at line 2
ORA 00928:missing Select keyword in line 1.

i then tried to enter agai by using backslash(/)
SQL>/
but it showed me the same error..
could any 1 make out a point of this...

I have seen a post about this here but i could'nt find it now.
Thanx in advance

[oraclegeek]

You can trying insert into (select statement) to load the data; can you be more specific