diff --git a/voussoirkit/sqlhelpers.py b/voussoirkit/sqlhelpers.py
index 0b933a1..f73f4da 100644
--- a/voussoirkit/sqlhelpers.py
+++ b/voussoirkit/sqlhelpers.py
@@ -57,41 +57,30 @@ def delete_filler(pairs):
     qmarks = f'WHERE {qmarks}'
     return (qmarks, bindings)
 
-def insert_filler(column_names, values, require_all=True):
+def insert_filler(pairs):
     '''
     Manually aligning the bindings for INSERT statements is annoying.
-    Given the table's column names and a dictionary of {column: value},
-    return the question marks and the list of bindings in the right order.
+    Given a dictionary of {column: value}, return the question marks and the
+    list of bindings in the right order.
 
-    require_all:
-        If `values` does not contain one of the column names, should we raise
-        an exception?
-        Otherwise, that column will simply receive None.
-
-    >>> column_names=['id', 'name', 'score'],
-    >>> values={'score': 20, 'id': '1111', 'name': 'James'}
-    >>> insert_filler(column_names, scores)
-    ('?, ?, ?', ['1111', 'James', 20])
+    >>> insert_filler({'score': 20, 'id': '1111', 'name': 'James'})
+    ('(id, name, score) VALUES (?, ?, ?)', ['1111', 'James', 20])
 
     In context:
-    (qmarks, bindings) = insert_filler(COLUMN_NAMES, data)
-    query = f'INSERT INTO table VALUES({qmarks})'
+    (qmarks, bindings) = insert_filler(pairs)
+    query = f'INSERT INTO table {qmarks}'
     cur.execute(query, bindings)
     '''
-    values = values.copy()
-    missings = []
-    for column in column_names:
-        if column in values:
-            continue
-        if require_all:
-            missings.append(column)
-        else:
-            values[column] = None
-    if missings:
-        raise ValueError(f'Missing columns {missings}.')
-    qmarks = '?' * len(column_names)
+    column_names = []
+    bindings = []
+    for (key, value) in pairs.items():
+        column_names.append(key)
+        bindings.append(value)
+
+    column_names = ', '.join(column_names)
+    qmarks = '?' * len(pairs)
     qmarks = ', '.join(qmarks)
-    bindings = [values[column] for column in column_names]
+    qmarks = f'({column_names}) VALUES ({qmarks})'
     return (qmarks, bindings)
 
 def update_filler(pairs, where_key):
@@ -232,10 +221,10 @@ def _extract_table_name(create_table_statement):
 def _extract_columns_from_table(create_table_statement):
     # CREATE TABLE table_name(column_name TYPE MODIFIERS, ...)
     constraints = {'constraint', 'foreign', 'check', 'primary', 'unique'}
-    column_names = create_table_statement.split('(')[1].rsplit(')', 1)[0]
-    column_names = column_names.split(',')
-    column_names = [x.strip() for x in column_names]
-    column_names = [x.split(' ')[0] for x in column_names]
+    column_statements = create_table_statement.split('(')[1].rsplit(')', 1)[0]
+    column_statements = column_statements.split(',')
+    column_statements = [x.strip() for x in column_statements]
+    column_names = [x.split(' ')[0] for x in column_statements]
     column_names = [c for c in column_names if c.lower() not in constraints]
     return column_names