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Reserved keywords

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Reserved keywords

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Table with reserved keywords that need to be quoted. Also provide an example to make it more obvious.

The following table lists all of the keywords that are reserved in Elasticsearch SQL, along with their status in the SQL standard. These reserved keywords must be quoted (using double quotes) in order to be used as an identifier, for example:

SELECT "AS" FROM index

Keyword

SQL:2016

SQL-92

ALL

reserved

reserved

AND

reserved

reserved

ANY

reserved

reserved

AS

reserved

reserved

ASC

reserved

reserved

BETWEEN

reserved

reserved

BY

reserved

reserved

CAST

reserved

reserved

CATALOG

reserved

reserved

CONVERT

reserved

reserved

CURRENT_DATE

reserved

reserved

CURRENT_TIMESTAMP

reserved

reserved

DAY

reserved

reserved

DAYS

DESC

reserved

reserved

DESCRIBE

reserved

reserved

DISTINCT

reserved

reserved

ESCAPE

reserved

reserved

EXISTS

reserved

reserved

EXPLAIN

reserved

reserved

EXTRACT

reserved

reserved

FALSE

reserved

reserved

FIRST

reserved

reserved

FROM

reserved

reserved

FULL

reserved

reserved

GROUP

reserved

reserved

HAVING

reserved

reserved

HOUR

reserved

reserved

HOURS

IN

reserved

reserved

INNER

reserved

reserved

INTERVAL

reserved

reserved

IS

reserved

reserved

JOIN

reserved

reserved

LEFT

reserved

reserved

LIKE

reserved

reserved

LIMIT

reserved

reserved

MATCH

reserved

reserved

MINUTE

reserved

reserved

MINUTES

MONTH

reserved

reserved

NATURAL

reserved

reserved

NOT

reserved

reserved

NULL

reserved

reserved

NULLS

ON

reserved

reserved

OR

reserved

reserved

ORDER

reserved

reserved

OUTER

reserved

reserved

RIGHT

reserved

reserved

RLIKE

QUERY

SECOND

reserved

reserved

SECONDS

SELECT

reserved

reserved

SESSION

reserved

TABLE

reserved

reserved

TABLES

THEN

reserved

reserved

TO

reserved

reserved

TRUE

reserved

reserved

TYPE

USING

reserved

reserved

WHEN

reserved

reserved

WHERE

reserved

reserved

WITH

reserved

reserved

YEAR

reserved

reserved

YEARS

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