Keywords and Reserved Words

The following table lists eXtremeSQLreserved words that have operational meaning. If used as identifiers in SQL statements, reserved words must be enclosed within double quotes. For example:

 
    XSQL>create table T ("field" int, "type"  int);
     

Note that when reserved words are quoted in application source code, it may be necessary to "escape" the double quote character, for example:

 
    QueryResult qr(engine.executeQuery("select \"field\", \"type\" from aRecord"));
     

When using the mcocomp DDL compiler to compile an eXtremeDB database schema there are other reserved words that cannot be used in the schema definition as class or field names. (Please see the DDL Reserved Words page for a list of reserved words for the DDL compiler.)

The following are reserved words recognized by the SQL compiler:

abs acos all alter and
any array as asc asin
asof atan avg backup between
bigint binary bit blob boolean
btree by cascade case cast
ceil char checkpoint coalesce column
commit constraint contains cor cos
count cov create date decimal
delete desc distinct domain double
drop else end escape exact_match
except exists exp explain false
first flattened float floor for
foreign from function group hash
having ifnull ilike in inclusive
index inner insert int integer
intersect into is join key
last left length like limit
local log longint longvarbinary longvarchar
lower max min minus natural
near not now null nullifzero
nulls numeric on or order
outer overlaps prefix_match preserve primary
range real reference references remote
rename restore returns right rollback
round rows rtree select sequence
set shuffle sin smallint some
sqrt start string string_agg substr
substring sum sysdate table tan
temporary then thick time timestamp
tinyint to transaction trigram true
type unicode union unique unsigned
update upper using values varbinary
varchar view void when where
window with