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title: "Appendix 1: Reserved Keywords"
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# Appendix 1: Reserved Keywords

All reserved keywords are listed in the following table:

|           |               |         |            |            |            |
| --------- | ------------- | ------- | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
| ALL       | AND           | ANY     | APPLY      | AS         | ASC        |
| AT        | AUTOGENERATED | BETWEEN | BTREE      | BUCKET     | BY         |
| CASE      | CLOSED        | CREATE  | COMPACTION | COMPACT    | CONNECT    |
| CORRELATE | COLLECTION    | DATASET | DATAVERSE  | DECLARE    | DEFINITION |
| DECLARE   | DEFINITION    | DELETE  | DESC       | DISCONNECT |            |
| DISTINCT  | DROP          | ELEMENT | EXPLAIN    | ELSE       | ENFORCED   |
| END       | EVERY         | EXCEPT  | EXISTS     | EXTERNAL   | FEED       |
| FILTER    | FLATTEN       | FOR     | FROM       | FULL       | FUNCTION   |
| GROUP     | HAVING        | HINTS   | IF         | INTO       | IN         |
| INDEX     | INGESTION     | INNER   | INSERT     | INTERNAL   | INTERSECT  |
| IS        | JOIN          | KEYWORD | KEY        | LEFT       | LETTING    |
| LET       | LIKE          | LIMIT   | LOAD       | NODEGROUP  | NGRAM      |
| NOT       | OFFSET        | ON      | OPEN       | OR         | ORDER      |
| OUTER     | OUTPUT        | OVER    | PATH       | POLICY     | PRE-SORTED |
| PRIMARY   | RAW           | REFRESH | RETURN     | RTREE      | RUN        |
| SATISFIES | SECONDARY     | SELECT  | SET        | SHADOW     | SOME       |
| TEMPORARY | THEN          | TYPE    | TO         | UNION      | UNKNOWN    |
| UNNEST    | UPDATE        | USE     | USING      | VALUE      | WHEN       |
| WHERE     | WITH          | WRITE   |            |            |            |