Commands

This section describes the Cassandra Query Language (CQL) commands supported by the DataStax Enterprise database.


ALTER KEYSPACE

Changes keyspace replication strategy and enables or disables commit log.

ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW

Changes the table properties of a materialized view.

ALTER ROLE

Changes password and sets superuser or login options.

ALTER TABLE

Modifies the columns and properties of a table, or modify

ALTER TYPE

Modifies an existing user-defined type (UDT).

ALTER USER (Deprecated)

Deprecated. Alter existing user options.

BATCH

Applies multiple data modification language (DML) statements with atomicity and/or in isolation.

CREATE AGGREGATE

Defines a user-defined aggregate.

CREATE FUNCTION

Creates custom function to execute user provided code.

CREATE INDEX

Defines a new index for a single column of a table.

CREATE KEYSPACE

Defines a new keyspace.

CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW

Optimizes read requests and eliminates the need for multiple write requests by duplicating data from a base table.

CREATE ROLE

Creates a cluster wide database object used for access control.

CREATE SEARCH INDEX

Defines a new search index for an existing table.

CREATE TABLE

Creates a new table.

CREATE TYPE

Creates a custom data type in the keyspace that contains one or more fields of related information.

CREATE USER (Deprecated)

Deprecated. Creates a new user.

DELETE

Removes data from one or more columns or removes the entire row

DROP AGGREGATE

Deletes a user-defined aggregate from a keyspace.

DROP FUNCTION

Deletes a user-defined function (UDF) from a keyspace.

DROP INDEX

Removes an index from a table.

DROP KEYSPACE

Removes the keyspace.

DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW

Removes the named materialized view.

DROP ROLE

Removes a role.

DROP SEARCH INDEX

Drops a table search index.

DROP TABLE

Removes the table.

DROP TYPE

Drop a user-defined type.

DROP USER (Deprecated)

Removes a user.

GRANT ROLE

Allow one role to inherit the permissions of another role.

GRANT PERMISSION

Allow access to database resources.

INSERT

Inserts an entire row or upserts data into existing rows.

LIST PERMISSIONS

Lists permissions on resources.

LIST ROLES

Lists roles and shows superuser and login status.

LIST USERS (Deprecated)

Lists existing internal authentication users and their superuser status.

RESTRICT

Denies the permission on a resource, even if the role is directly granted or inherits permissions.

RESTRICT ROWS

Configures the column used for row-level access control.

REVOKE ROLE

Removes roles from roles.

REVOKE PERMISSION

Removes privileges on database objects from roles.

SELECT

Returns data from a table.

TRUNCATE

Removes all data from a table.

UNRESTRICT

Removes a restriction from a role.

UNRESTRICT ROWS

Removes the column definition for row-level access control.

UPDATE

Modifies one or more column values to a row in a table.

USE

Selects the keyspace for the current client session.

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