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Limitations on SQL99 Keywords

The SQL99 syntax includes reserved keywords (e.g. CREATE that cannot be used as a table name), and non reserved keywords. Some of these keywords are used for compound terms like "order by", "group by", "union join". All SQL99 keywords are properly parsed and will not fail the expression analyzer used in bridges. However, some keywords have a direct data flow impact on lineage, and some do not. The following list provide the details:

  • SQL99 Reserved Key Words
    • with direct data flow lineage impact: ADD, ALL, ALTER, AND, ANY, AS, ASC, BEGIN, BOTH, BY, CALL, CASE, CAST, CHAR, CHARACTER, CONSTRAINT, CREATE, CURRENT, CURSOR, DATE, DAY, DEC, DECIMAL, DEFAULT, DELETE, DESC, DISTINCT, DOUBLE, DROP, ELSE, END, EXCEPT, FALSE, FLOAT, FOR, FOREIGN, FROM, FULL, FUNCTION, GRANT, GROUP, HAVING, HOUR, IN, INNER, INSERT, INT, INTEGER, INTERSECT, INTERVAL, INTO, IS, JOIN, KEY, LEADING, LEFT, MINUTE, MONTH, NATURAL, NO, NOT, NULL, NUMERIC, ON, OR, ORDER, OUT, OUTER, PRECISION, PRIMARY, PROCEDURE, RECURSIVE, REFERENCES, RETURN, REVOKE, RIGHT, ROW, ROWS, SECOND, SELECT, SET, SMALLINT, TABLE, THEN, TIME, TIMESTAMP, TO, TRAILING, TRUE, UNION, UNIQUE, UPDATE, USING, VALUES, VARCHAR, VARYING, VIEW, WHEN, WHERE, WITH, YEAR
    • with no lineage impact: ABSOLUTE, ACTION, ADMIN, AFTER, AGGREGATE, ALIAS, ALLOCATE, ARE, ARRAY, ASSERTION, AT, AUTHORIZATION, BEFORE, BINARY, BIT, BLOB, BOOLEAN, BREADTH, CASCADE, CASCADED, CATALOG, CHECK, CLASS, CLOB, CLOSE, COLLATE, COLLATION, COLUMN, COMMIT, COMPLETION, CONNECT, CONNECTION, CONSTRAINTS, CONSTRUCTOR, CONTINUE, CORRESPONDING, CROSS, CUBE, CURRENT_DATE, CURRENT_PATH, CURRENT_ROLE, CURRENT_TIME, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, CURRENT_USER, CYCLE, DATA, DEALLOCATE, DECLARE, DEFERRABLE, DEFERRED, DEPTH, DEREF, DESCRIBE, DESCRIPTOR, DESTROY, DESTRUCTOR, DETERMINISTIC, DICTIONARY, DIAGNOSTICS, DISCONNECT, DOMAIN, DYNAMIC, EACH, END-EXEC, EQUALS, ESCAPE, EVERY, EXCEPTION, EXEC, EXECUTE, EXTERNAL, FETCH, FIRST, FOUND, FREE, GENERAL, GET, GLOBAL, GO, GOTO, GROUPING, HOST, IDENTITY, IGNORE, IMMEDIATE, INDICATOR, INITIALIZE, INITIALLY, INOUT, INPUT, ISOLATION, ITERATE, LANGUAGE, LARGE, LAST, LATERAL, LESS, LEVEL, LIKE, LIMIT, LOCAL, LOCALTIME, LOCALTIMESTAMP, LOCATOR, MAP, MATCH, MODIFIES, MODIFY, MODULE, NAMES, NATIONAL, NCHAR, NCLOB, NEW, NEXT, NONE, OBJECT, OF, OFF, OLD, ONLY, OPEN, OPERATION, OPTION, ORDINALITY, OUTPUT, PAD, PARAMETER, PARAMETERS, PARTIAL, PATH, POSTFIX, PREFIX, PREORDER, PREPARE, PRESERVE, PRIOR, PRIVILEGES, PUBLIC, READ, READS, REAL, REF, REFERENCING, RELATIVE, RESTRICT, RESULT, RETURNS, ROLE, ROLLBACK, ROLLUP, ROUTINE, SAVEPOINT, SCHEMA, SCROLL, SCOPE, SEARCH, SECTION, SEQUENCE, SESSION, SESSION_USER, SETS, SIZE, SOME, SPACE, SPECIFIC, SPECIFICTYPE, SQL, SQLEXCEPTION, SQLSTATE, SQLWARNING, START, STATE, STATEMENT, STATIC, STRUCTURE, SYSTEM_USER, TEMPORARY, TERMINATE, THAN, TIMEZONE_HOUR, TIMEZONE_MINUTE, TRANSACTION, TRANSLATION, TREAT, TRIGGER, UNDER, UNKNOWN, UNNEST, USAGE, USER, VALUE, VARIABLE, WHENEVER, WITHOUT, WORK, WRITE, ZONE
  • SQL99 Non Reserved Key Words
    • with direct data flow lineage impact: BETWEEN, CONVERT, EXISTS, NUMBER, OVERLAPS
    • with no lineage impact: ABS, ADA, ASENSITIVE, ASSIGNMENT, ASYMMETRIC, ATOMIC, AVG, BIT_LENGTH, BITVAR, C, CALLED, CARDINALITY, CATALOG_NAME, CHAIN, CHAR_LENGTH, CHARACTER_LENGTH, CHARACTER_SET_CATALOG, CHARACTER_SET_NAME, CHARACTER_SET_SCHEMA, CHECKED, CLASS_ORIGIN, COALESCE, COBOL, COLLATION_CATALOG, COLLATION_NAME, COLLATION_SCHEMA, COLUMN_NAME, COMMAND_FUNCTION, COMMAND_FUNCTION_CODE, COMMITTED, CONDITION_NUMBER, CONNECTION_NAME, CONSTRAINT_CATALOG, CONSTRAINT_NAME, CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA, CONTAINS, COUNT, CURSOR_NAME, DATETIME_INTERVAL_CODE, DATETIME_INTERVAL_PRECISION, DEFINED, DEFINER, DISPATCH, DYNAMIC_FUNCTION, DYNAMIC_FUNCTION_CODE, EXISTING, EXTRACT, FINAL, FORTRAN, G, GENERATED, GRANTED, HIERARCHY, HOLD, IMPLEMENTATION, INFIX, INSENSITIVE, INSTANCE, INSTANTIABLE, INVOKER, K, KEY_MEMBER, KEY_TYPE, LENGTH, LOWER, M, MAX, MIN, MESSAGE_LENGTH, MESSAGE_OCTET_LENGTH, MESSAGE_TEXT, METHOD, MOD, MORE, MUMPS, NAME, NULLABLE, NULLIF, OCTET_LENGTH, OPTIONS, OVERLAY, OVERRIDING, PASCAL, PARAMETER_MODE, PARAMETER_NAME, PARAMETER_ORDINAL_POSITION, PARAMETER_SPECIFIC_CATALOG, PARAMETER_SPECIFIC_NAME, PARAMETER_SPECIFIC_SCHEMA, PLI, POSITION, REPEATABLE, RETURNED_LENGTH, RETURNED_OCTET_LENGTH, RETURNED_SQLSTATE, ROUTINE_CATALOG, ROUTINE_NAME, ROUTINE_SCHEMA, ROW_COUNT, SCALE, SCHEMA_NAME, SECURITY, SELF, SENSITIVE, SERIALIZABLE, SERVER_NAME, SIMPLE, SOURCE, SPECIFIC_NAME, SIMILAR, SUBLIST, SUBSTRING, SUM, STYLE, SUBCLASS_ORIGIN, SYMMETRIC, SYSTEM, TABLE_NAME, TRANSACTIONS_COMMITTED, TRANSACTIONS_ROLLED_BACK, TRANSACTION_ACTIVE, TRANSFORM, TRANSFORMS, TRANSLATE, TRIGGER_CATALOG, TRIGGER_SCHEMA, TRIGGER_NAME, TRIM, TYPE, UNCOMMITTED, UNNAMED, UPPER, USER_DEFINED_TYPE_CATALOG, USER_DEFINED_TYPE_NAME, USER_DEFINED_TYPE_SCHEMA

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