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  <div class="section" id="appendices">
<h1>Appendices<a class="headerlink" href="#appendices" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<div class="section" id="appendix-a-cql-keywords">
<span id="appendix-a"></span><h2>Appendix A: CQL Keywords<a class="headerlink" href="#appendix-a-cql-keywords" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>CQL distinguishes between <em>reserved</em> and <em>non-reserved</em> keywords.
Reserved keywords cannot be used as identifier, they are truly reserved
for the language (but one can enclose a reserved keyword by
double-quotes to use it as an identifier). Non-reserved keywords however
only have a specific meaning in certain context but can used as
identifier otherwise. The only <em>raison d’être</em> of these non-reserved
keywords is convenience: some keyword are non-reserved when it was
always easy for the parser to decide whether they were used as keywords
or not.</p>
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<th class="head">Reserved?</th>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ADD</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>yes</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>yes</td>
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<td>yes</td>
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<td>yes</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">BLOB</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>yes</td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">CALLED</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">CLUSTERING</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
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<td>yes</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">CONTAINS</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">CREATE</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>yes</td>
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<td>yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>yes</td>
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<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">DOUBLE</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">DROP</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
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<td>yes</td>
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<td>yes</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">FILTERING</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">FLOAT</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">FROM</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>yes</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>yes</td>
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<td>yes</td>
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<td>yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>yes</td>
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<td>no</td>
</tr>
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<td>yes</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>no</td>
</tr>
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<td>yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>no</td>
</tr>
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<td>yes</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>yes</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>no</td>
</tr>
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<td>yes</td>
</tr>
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<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">LOGIN</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MAP</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MODIFY</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">NAN</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">NOLOGIN</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">NORECURSIVE</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">NOSUPERUSER</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">NOT</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">OF</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ON</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">OPTIONS</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">OR</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ORDER</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PASSWORD</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
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<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PERMISSIONS</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PRIMARY</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">RENAME</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">REPLACE</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">RETURNS</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">REVOKE</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ROLE</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
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<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">SCHEMA</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">SELECT</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">SET</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">SFUNC</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>no</td>
</tr>
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<td>yes</td>
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<td>no</td>
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<td>no</td>
</tr>
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<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TINYINT</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TO</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TOKEN</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TRIGGER</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TRUNCATE</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TTL</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TUPLE</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TYPE</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
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<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">UPDATE</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">USE</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">USER</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">USERS</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">USING</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">UUID</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
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<td>no</td>
</tr>
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<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">VARINT</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">WHERE</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">WITH</span></code></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">WRITETIME</span></code></td>
<td>no</td>
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<div class="section" id="appendix-b-cql-reserved-types">
<h2>Appendix B: CQL Reserved Types<a class="headerlink" href="#appendix-b-cql-reserved-types" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>The following type names are not currently used by CQL, but are reserved
for potential future use. User-defined types may not use reserved type
names as their name.</p>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">byte</span></code></td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">complex</span></code></td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">enum</span></code></td>
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