Reserved CQL Keywords¶

CQL distinguishes between reserved and non-reserved keywords.

Reserved keywords cannot be used as identifiers. They are truly reserved for the language (but one can enclose a reserved keyword by single or double-quotes to use it as an identifier). The following keywords are reserved:

• ADD

• ALLOW

• ALTER

• AND

• APPLY

• ASC

• AUTHORIZE

• BATCH

• BEGIN

• BY

• COLUMNFAMILY

• CREATE

• DELETE

• DESC

• DESCRIBE

• DROP

• ENTRIES

• EXECUTE

• FROM

• FULL

• GRANT

• IF

• IN

• INDEX

• INFINITY

• INSERT

• INTO

• KEYSPACE

• LIMIT

• MODIFY

• NAN

• NORECURSIVE

• NOT

• NULL

• OF

• ON

• OR

• ORDER

• PRIMARY

• RENAME

• REPLACE

• REVOKE

• SCHEMA

• SELECT

• SET

• TABLE

• TO

• TOKEN

• TRUNCATE

• UNLOGGED

• UPDATE

• USE

• USING

• VIEW

• WHERE

• WITH

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