CQL Keywords

Table of keywords and whether or not the words are reserved.

This table lists keywords and whether or not the words are reserved. A reserved keyword cannot be used as an identifier unless you enclose the word in double quotation marks. Non-reserved keywords have a specific meaning in certain context but can be used as an identifier outside this context.

Table 1. Keywords
Keyword Reserved
ADD yes
ALL no
ALLOW yes
ALTER yes
AND yes
ANY yes
APPLY yes
AS no
ASC yes
ASCII no
AUTHORIZE yes
BATCH yes
BEGIN yes
BIGINT no
BLOB no
BOOLEAN no
BY yes
CLUSTERING no
COLUMNFAMILY yes
COMPACT no
CONSISTENCY no
COUNT no
COUNTER no
CREATE yes
CUSTOM no
DECIMAL no
DELETE yes
DESC yes
DISTINCT no
DOUBLE no
DROP yes
EACH_QUORUM yes
EXISTS no
FILTERING no
FLOAT no
FROM yes
FROZEN no
FULL yes
GRANT yes
IF yes
IN yes
INDEX yes
INET yes
INFINITY yes
INSERT yes
INT no
INTO yes
KEY no
KEYSPACE yes
KEYSPACES yes
LEVEL no
LIMIT yes
LIST no
LOCAL_ONE yes
LOCAL_QUORUM yes
MAP no
MODIFY yes
NAN yes
NORECURSIVE yes
NOSUPERUSER no
NOT yes
OF yes
ON yes
ONE yes
ORDER yes
PASSWORD yes
PERMISSION no
PERMISSIONS no
PRIMARY yes
QUORUM yes
RENAME yes
REVOKE yes
SCHEMA yes
SELECT yes
SET yes
STATIC no
STORAGE no
SUPERUSER no
TABLE yes
TEXT no
TIMESTAMP no
TIMEUUID no
THREE yes
TO yes
TOKEN yes
TRUNCATE yes
TTL no
TUPLE no
TWO yes
TYPE no
UNLOGGED yes
UPDATE yes
USE yes
USER no
USERS no
USING yes
UUID no
VALUES no
VARCHAR no
VARINT no
WHERE yes
WITH yes
WRITETIME no