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+  <span class="target" id="cql-functions"></span><div class="section" 
id="functions">
+<span id="native-functions"></span><span id="udfs"></span><h1>Functions<a 
class="headerlink" href="#functions" title="Permalink to this 
headline">¶</a></h1>
+<p>CQL supports 2 main categories of functions:</p>
+<ul class="simple">
+<li>the <a class="reference internal" href="#scalar-functions"><span 
class="std std-ref">scalar functions</span></a>, which simply take a number of 
values and produce an output with it.</li>
+<li>the <a class="reference internal" href="#aggregate-functions"><span 
class="std std-ref">aggregate functions</span></a>, which are used to aggregate 
multiple rows results from a
+<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">SELECT</span></code> 
statement.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>In both cases, CQL provides a number of native &#8220;hard-coded&#8221; 
functions as well as the ability to create new user-defined
+functions.</p>
+<div class="admonition note">
+<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
+<p class="last">By default, the use of user-defined functions is disabled by 
default for security concerns (even when
+enabled, the execution of user-defined functions is sandboxed and a 
&#8220;rogue&#8221; function should not be allowed to do
+evil, but no sandbox is perfect so using user-defined functions is opt-in). 
See the <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">enable_user_defined_functions</span></code>
+in <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">cassandra.yaml</span></code> to enable them.</p>
+</div>
+<p>A function is identifier by its name:</p>
+<pre>
+<strong id="grammar-token-function_name">function_name</strong> ::=  [ <a 
class="reference internal" href="ddl.html#grammar-token-keyspace_name"><code 
class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">keyspace_name</span></code></a> 
'.' ] <a class="reference internal" href="ddl.html#grammar-token-name"><code 
class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">name</span></code></a>
+</pre>
+<div class="section" id="scalar-functions">
+<span id="id1"></span><h2>Scalar functions<a class="headerlink" 
href="#scalar-functions" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<div class="section" id="scalar-native-functions">
+<span id="id2"></span><h3>Native functions<a class="headerlink" 
href="#scalar-native-functions" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<div class="section" id="cast">
+<h4>Cast<a class="headerlink" href="#cast" title="Permalink to this 
headline">¶</a></h4>
+<p>The <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">cast</span></code> 
function can be used to converts one native datatype to another.</p>
+<p>The following table describes the conversions supported by the <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">cast</span></code> function. 
Cassandra will silently ignore any
+cast converting a datatype into its own datatype.</p>
+<table border="1" class="docutils">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="13%" />
+<col width="87%" />
+</colgroup>
+<thead valign="bottom">
+<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">From</th>
+<th class="head">To</th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody valign="top">
+<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">ascii</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varchar</span></code></td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">bigint</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tinyint</span></code>, 
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">smallint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">float</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">double</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">decimal</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></code>,
+<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varchar</span></code></td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">boolean</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varchar</span></code></td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
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+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tinyint</span></code>, 
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">smallint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bigint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">float</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">double</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">decimal</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varint</span></code>,
+<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varchar</span></code></td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">date</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">timestamp</span></code></td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">decimal</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tinyint</span></code>, 
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">smallint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bigint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">float</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">double</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></code>,
+<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varchar</span></code></td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">double</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tinyint</span></code>, 
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">smallint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bigint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">float</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">decimal</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></code>,
+<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varchar</span></code></td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">float</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tinyint</span></code>, 
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">smallint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bigint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">double</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">decimal</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></code>,
+<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varchar</span></code></td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">inet</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varchar</span></code></td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">int</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tinyint</span></code>, 
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">smallint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bigint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">float</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">double</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">decimal</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></code>,
+<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varchar</span></code></td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">smallint</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tinyint</span></code>, 
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bigint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">float</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">double</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">decimal</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></code>,
+<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varchar</span></code></td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">time</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varchar</span></code></td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">timestamp</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">date</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varchar</span></code></td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">timeuuid</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">timestamp</span></code>, 
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">date</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varchar</span></code></td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">tinyint</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tinyint</span></code>, 
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">smallint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bigint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">float</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">double</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">decimal</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varint</span></code>,
+<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varchar</span></code></td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">uuid</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varchar</span></code></td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">varint</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tinyint</span></code>, 
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">smallint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bigint</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">float</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">double</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">decimal</span></code>, <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></code>,
+<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">varchar</span></code></td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+<p>The conversions rely strictly on Java&#8217;s semantics. For example, the 
double value 1 will be converted to the text value
+&#8216;1.0&#8217;. For instance:</p>
+<div class="highlight-cql"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span 
class="k">SELECT</span> <span class="n">avg</span><span class="p">(</span><span 
class="k">cast</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">count</span> <span 
class="k">as</span> <span class="nb">double</span><span class="p">))</span> 
<span class="k">FROM</span> <span class="n">myTable</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="token">
+<h4>Token<a class="headerlink" href="#token" title="Permalink to this 
headline">¶</a></h4>
+<p>The <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">token</span></code> 
function allows to compute the token for a given partition key. The exact 
signature of the token function
+depends on the table concerned and of the partitioner used by the cluster.</p>
+<p>The type of the arguments of the <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">token</span></code> depend on the type of the partition key 
columns. The return type depend on
+the partitioner in use:</p>
+<ul class="simple">
+<li>For Murmur3Partitioner, the return type is <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">bigint</span></code>.</li>
+<li>For RandomPartitioner, the return type is <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">varint</span></code>.</li>
+<li>For ByteOrderedPartitioner, the return type is <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">blob</span></code>.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>For instance, in a cluster using the default Murmur3Partitioner, if a table 
is defined by:</p>
+<div class="highlight-cql"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span 
class="k">CREATE</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span 
class="k">users</span> <span class="p">(</span>
+    <span class="n">userid</span> <span class="nb">text</span> <span 
class="k">PRIMARY</span> <span class="k">KEY</span><span class="p">,</span>
+    <span class="n">username</span> <span class="nb">text</span><span 
class="p">,</span>
+<span class="p">)</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>then the <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">token</span></code> function will take a single argument of type 
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></code> (in that 
case, the partition key is <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">userid</span></code>
+(there is no clustering columns so the partition key is the same than the 
primary key)), and the return type will be
+<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bigint</span></code>.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="uuid">
+<h4>Uuid<a class="headerlink" href="#uuid" title="Permalink to this 
headline">¶</a></h4>
+<p>The <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">uuid</span></code> 
function takes no parameters and generates a random type 4 uuid suitable for 
use in <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">INSERT</span></code> or
+<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">UPDATE</span></code> 
statements.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="timeuuid-functions">
+<span id="id3"></span><h4>Timeuuid functions<a class="headerlink" 
href="#timeuuid-functions" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h4>
+<div class="section" id="now">
+<h5><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">now</span></code><a 
class="headerlink" href="#now" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h5>
+<p>The <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">now</span></code> 
function takes no arguments and generates, on the coordinator node, a new 
unique timeuuid (at the time where
+the statement using it is executed). Note that this method is useful for 
insertion but is largely non-sensical in
+<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">WHERE</span></code> clauses. 
For instance, a query of the form:</p>
+<div class="highlight-cql"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span 
class="k">SELECT</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="k">FROM</span> 
<span class="n">myTable</span> <span class="k">WHERE</span> <span 
class="n">t</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">now</span><span 
class="p">()</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>will never return any result by design, since the value returned by <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">now()</span></code> is guaranteed to 
be unique.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="mintimeuuid-and-maxtimeuuid">
+<h5><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">minTimeuuid</span></code> 
and <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">maxTimeuuid</span></code><a class="headerlink" 
href="#mintimeuuid-and-maxtimeuuid" title="Permalink to this 
headline">¶</a></h5>
+<p>The <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">minTimeuuid</span></code> (resp. <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">maxTimeuuid</span></code>) function takes a <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">timestamp</span></code> value <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">t</span></code> (which can be 
<cite>either a timestamp
+or a date string &lt;timestamps&gt;</cite>) and return a <em>fake</em> <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">timeuuid</span></code> corresponding 
to the <em>smallest</em> (resp. <em>biggest</em>)
+possible <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">timeuuid</span></code> having for timestamp <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">t</span></code>. So for instance:</p>
+<div class="highlight-cql"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span 
class="k">SELECT</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="k">FROM</span> 
<span class="n">myTable</span>
+ <span class="k">WHERE</span> <span class="n">t</span> <span 
class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">maxTimeuuid</span><span 
class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;2013-01-01 00:05+0000&#39;</span><span 
class="p">)</span>
+   <span class="k">AND</span> <span class="n">t</span> <span 
class="o">&lt;</span> <span class="n">minTimeuuid</span><span 
class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;2013-02-02 10:00+0000&#39;</span><span 
class="p">)</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>will select all rows where the <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">timeuuid</span></code> column <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">t</span></code> is strictly older than <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">'2013-01-01</span> <span 
class="pre">00:05+0000'</span></code> but strictly
+younger than <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">'2013-02-02</span> <span class="pre">10:00+0000'</span></code>. 
Please note that <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">t</span> 
<span class="pre">&gt;=</span> <span class="pre">maxTimeuuid('2013-01-01</span> 
<span class="pre">00:05+0000')</span></code> would still
+<em>not</em> select a <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">timeuuid</span></code> generated exactly at &#8216;2013-01-01 
00:05+0000&#8217; and is essentially equivalent to <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">t</span> <span class="pre">&gt;</span>
+<span class="pre">maxTimeuuid('2013-01-01</span> <span 
class="pre">00:05+0000')</span></code>.</p>
+<div class="admonition note">
+<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
+<p class="last">We called the values generated by <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">minTimeuuid</span></code> and <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">maxTimeuuid</span></code> <em>fake</em> UUID because 
they do no respect
+the Time-Based UUID generation process specified by the <a class="reference 
external" href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt";>RFC 4122</a>. In
+particular, the value returned by these 2 methods will not be unique. This 
means you should only use those methods
+for querying (as in the example above). Inserting the result of those methods 
is almost certainly <em>a bad idea</em>.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="time-conversion-functions">
+<h4>Time conversion functions<a class="headerlink" 
href="#time-conversion-functions" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h4>
+<p>A number of functions are provided to “convert” a <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">timeuuid</span></code>, a <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">timestamp</span></code> or a <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">date</span></code> into another <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">native</span></code>
+type.</p>
+<table border="1" class="docutils">
+<colgroup>
+<col width="20%" />
+<col width="15%" />
+<col width="65%" />
+</colgroup>
+<thead valign="bottom">
+<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Function name</th>
+<th class="head">Input type</th>
+<th class="head">Description</th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody valign="top">
+<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">toDate</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">timeuuid</span></code></td>
+<td>Converts the <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">timeuuid</span></code> argument into a <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">date</span></code> type</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">toDate</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">timestamp</span></code></td>
+<td>Converts the <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">timestamp</span></code> argument into a <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">date</span></code> type</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">toTimestamp</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">timeuuid</span></code></td>
+<td>Converts the <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">timeuuid</span></code> argument into a <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">timestamp</span></code> type</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">toTimestamp</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">date</span></code></td>
+<td>Converts the <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">date</span></code> argument into a <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">timestamp</span></code> type</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">toUnixTimestamp</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">timeuuid</span></code></td>
+<td>Converts the <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">timeuuid</span></code> argument into a <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">bigInt</span></code> raw value</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">toUnixTimestamp</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">timestamp</span></code></td>
+<td>Converts the <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">timestamp</span></code> argument into a <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">bigInt</span></code> raw value</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">toUnixTimestamp</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">date</span></code></td>
+<td>Converts the <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">date</span></code> argument into a <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">bigInt</span></code> raw value</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">dateOf</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">timeuuid</span></code></td>
+<td>Similar to <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">toTimestamp(timeuuid)</span></code> (DEPRECATED)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">unixTimestampOf</span></code></td>
+<td><code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">timeuuid</span></code></td>
+<td>Similar to <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">toUnixTimestamp(timeuuid)</span></code> (DEPRECATED)</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="blob-conversion-functions">
+<h4>Blob conversion functions<a class="headerlink" 
href="#blob-conversion-functions" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h4>
+<p>A number of functions are provided to “convert” the native types into 
binary data (<code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">blob</span></code>). For every
+<code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">&lt;native-type&gt;</span></code> <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">type</span></code> supported by CQL (a notable 
exceptions is <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">blob</span></code>, for obvious reasons), the function
+<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">typeAsBlob</span></code> 
takes a argument of type <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">type</span></code> and return it as a <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">blob</span></code>. Conversely, the function <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">blobAsType</span></code>
+takes a 64-bit <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">blob</span></code> argument and convert it to a <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bigint</span></code> value. And so 
for instance, <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">bigintAsBlob(3)</span></code> is
+<code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">0x0000000000000003</span></code> and <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">blobAsBigint(0x0000000000000003)</span></code> is 
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">3</span></code>.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="user-defined-functions">
+<span id="user-defined-scalar-functions"></span><h3>User-defined functions<a 
class="headerlink" href="#user-defined-functions" title="Permalink to this 
headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>User-defined functions allow execution of user-provided code in Cassandra. 
By default, Cassandra supports defining
+functions in <em>Java</em> and <em>JavaScript</em>. Support for other JSR 223 
compliant scripting languages (such as Python, Ruby, and
+Scala) can be added by adding a JAR to the classpath.</p>
+<p>UDFs are part of the Cassandra schema. As such, they are automatically 
propagated to all nodes in the cluster.</p>
+<p>UDFs can be <em>overloaded</em> - i.e. multiple UDFs with different 
argument types but the same function name. Example:</p>
+<div class="highlight-cql"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span 
class="k">CREATE</span> <span class="k">FUNCTION</span> <span 
class="n">sample</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="n">arg</span> 
<span class="nb">int</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span 
class="mf">...</span><span class="p">;</span>
+<span class="k">CREATE</span> <span class="k">FUNCTION</span> <span 
class="n">sample</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="n">arg</span> 
<span class="nb">text</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span 
class="mf">...</span><span class="p">;</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>User-defined functions are susceptible to all of the normal problems with 
the chosen programming language. Accordingly,
+implementations should be safe against null pointer exceptions, illegal 
arguments, or any other potential source of
+exceptions. An exception during function execution will result in the entire 
statement failing.</p>
+<p>It is valid to use <em>complex</em> types like collections, tuple types and 
user-defined types as argument and return types.
+Tuple types and user-defined types are handled by the conversion functions of 
the DataStax Java Driver. Please see the
+documentation of the Java Driver for details on handling tuple types and 
user-defined types.</p>
+<p>Arguments for functions can be literals or terms. Prepared statement 
placeholders can be used, too.</p>
+<p>Note that you can use the double-quoted string syntax to enclose the UDF 
source code. For example:</p>
+<div class="highlight-cql"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span 
class="k">CREATE</span> <span class="k">FUNCTION</span> <span 
class="n">some_function</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span 
class="n">arg</span> <span class="nb">int</span> <span class="p">)</span>
+    <span class="k">RETURNS</span> <span class="k">NULL</span> <span 
class="k">ON</span> <span class="k">NULL</span> <span class="k">INPUT</span>
+    <span class="k">RETURNS</span> <span class="nb">int</span>
+    <span class="k">LANGUAGE</span> <span class="n">java</span>
+    <span class="k">AS</span> <span class="s">$$</span> <span 
class="k">return</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="o">;</span> 
<span class="s">$$</span><span class="p">;</span>
+
+<span class="k">SELECT</span> <span class="n">some_function</span><span 
class="p">(</span><span class="n">column</span><span class="p">)</span> <span 
class="k">FROM</span> <span class="n">atable</span> <span 
class="mf">...</span><span class="p">;</span>
+<span class="k">UPDATE</span> <span class="n">atable</span> <span 
class="k">SET</span> <span class="n">col</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span 
class="n">some_function</span><span class="p">(</span><span 
class="o">?</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="mf">...</span><span 
class="p">;</span>
+
+<span class="k">CREATE</span> <span class="k">TYPE</span> <span 
class="n">custom_type</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">txt</span> 
<span class="nb">text</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">i</span> 
<span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">);</span>
+<span class="k">CREATE</span> <span class="k">FUNCTION</span> <span 
class="n">fct_using_udt</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span 
class="n">udtarg</span> <span class="k">frozen</span> <span class="p">)</span>
+    <span class="k">RETURNS</span> <span class="k">NULL</span> <span 
class="k">ON</span> <span class="k">NULL</span> <span class="k">INPUT</span>
+    <span class="k">RETURNS</span> <span class="nb">text</span>
+    <span class="k">LANGUAGE</span> <span class="n">java</span>
+    <span class="k">AS</span> <span class="s">$$</span> <span 
class="k">return</span> <span class="n">udtarg</span><span 
class="o">.</span><span class="na">getString</span><span 
class="o">(</span><span class="s">&quot;txt&quot;</span><span 
class="o">);</span> <span class="s">$$</span><span class="p">;</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>User-defined functions can be used in <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">SELECT</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">INSERT</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">UPDATE</span></code> statements.</p>
+<p>The implicitly available <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">udfContext</span></code> field (or binding for script UDFs) 
provides the necessary functionality to
+create new UDT and tuple values:</p>
+<div class="highlight-cql"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span 
class="k">CREATE</span> <span class="k">TYPE</span> <span 
class="n">custom_type</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">txt</span> 
<span class="nb">text</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">i</span> 
<span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">);</span>
+<span class="k">CREATE</span> <span class="k">FUNCTION</span> <span 
class="n">fct</span><span class="err">\</span><span 
class="n">_using</span><span class="err">\</span><span class="n">_udt</span> 
<span class="p">(</span> <span class="n">somearg</span> <span 
class="nb">int</span> <span class="p">)</span>
+    <span class="k">RETURNS</span> <span class="k">NULL</span> <span 
class="k">ON</span> <span class="k">NULL</span> <span class="k">INPUT</span>
+    <span class="k">RETURNS</span> <span class="n">custom_type</span>
+    <span class="k">LANGUAGE</span> <span class="n">java</span>
+    <span class="k">AS</span> <span class="s">$$</span>
+        <span class="n">UDTValue</span> <span class="n">udt</span> <span 
class="o">=</span> <span class="n">udfContext</span><span 
class="o">.</span><span class="na">newReturnUDTValue</span><span 
class="o">();</span>
+        <span class="n">udt</span><span class="o">.</span><span 
class="na">setString</span><span class="o">(</span><span 
class="s">&quot;txt&quot;</span><span class="o">,</span> <span 
class="s">&quot;some string&quot;</span><span class="o">);</span>
+        <span class="n">udt</span><span class="o">.</span><span 
class="na">setInt</span><span class="o">(</span><span 
class="s">&quot;i&quot;</span><span class="o">,</span> <span 
class="mi">42</span><span class="o">);</span>
+        <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">udt</span><span 
class="o">;</span>
+    <span class="s">$$</span><span class="p">;</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>The definition of the <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">UDFContext</span></code> interface can be found in the Apache 
Cassandra source code for
+<code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">org.apache.cassandra.cql3.functions.UDFContext</span></code>.</p>
+<div class="highlight-java"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span 
class="kd">public</span> <span class="kd">interface</span> <span 
class="nc">UDFContext</span>
+<span class="o">{</span>
+    <span class="n">UDTValue</span> <span 
class="nf">newArgUDTValue</span><span class="o">(</span><span 
class="n">String</span> <span class="n">argName</span><span class="o">);</span>
+    <span class="n">UDTValue</span> <span 
class="nf">newArgUDTValue</span><span class="o">(</span><span 
class="kt">int</span> <span class="n">argNum</span><span class="o">);</span>
+    <span class="n">UDTValue</span> <span 
class="nf">newReturnUDTValue</span><span class="o">();</span>
+    <span class="n">UDTValue</span> <span class="nf">newUDTValue</span><span 
class="o">(</span><span class="n">String</span> <span 
class="n">udtName</span><span class="o">);</span>
+    <span class="n">TupleValue</span> <span 
class="nf">newArgTupleValue</span><span class="o">(</span><span 
class="n">String</span> <span class="n">argName</span><span class="o">);</span>
+    <span class="n">TupleValue</span> <span 
class="nf">newArgTupleValue</span><span class="o">(</span><span 
class="kt">int</span> <span class="n">argNum</span><span class="o">);</span>
+    <span class="n">TupleValue</span> <span 
class="nf">newReturnTupleValue</span><span class="o">();</span>
+    <span class="n">TupleValue</span> <span 
class="nf">newTupleValue</span><span class="o">(</span><span 
class="n">String</span> <span class="n">cqlDefinition</span><span 
class="o">);</span>
+<span class="o">}</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Java UDFs already have some imports for common interfaces and classes 
defined. These imports are:</p>
+<div class="highlight-java"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span 
class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">java.nio.ByteBuffer</span><span 
class="o">;</span>
+<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">java.util.List</span><span 
class="o">;</span>
+<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">java.util.Map</span><span 
class="o">;</span>
+<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">java.util.Set</span><span 
class="o">;</span>
+<span class="kn">import</span> <span 
class="nn">org.apache.cassandra.cql3.functions.UDFContext</span><span 
class="o">;</span>
+<span class="kn">import</span> <span 
class="nn">com.datastax.driver.core.TypeCodec</span><span class="o">;</span>
+<span class="kn">import</span> <span 
class="nn">com.datastax.driver.core.TupleValue</span><span class="o">;</span>
+<span class="kn">import</span> <span 
class="nn">com.datastax.driver.core.UDTValue</span><span class="o">;</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Please note, that these convenience imports are not available for script 
UDFs.</p>
+<div class="section" id="create-function">
+<span id="create-function-statement"></span><h4>CREATE FUNCTION<a 
class="headerlink" href="#create-function" title="Permalink to this 
headline">¶</a></h4>
+<p>Creating a new user-defined function uses the <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">CREATE</span> <span 
class="pre">FUNCTION</span></code> statement:</p>
+<pre>
+<strong 
id="grammar-token-create_function_statement">create_function_statement</strong> 
::=  CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] FUNCTION [ IF NOT EXISTS]
+                                   <a class="reference internal" 
href="#grammar-token-function_name"><code class="xref docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">function_name</span></code></a> '(' <a class="reference internal" 
href="#grammar-token-arguments_declaration"><code class="xref docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">arguments_declaration</span></code></a> ')'
+                                   [ CALLED | RETURNS NULL ] ON NULL INPUT
+                                   RETURNS <a class="reference internal" 
href="types.html#grammar-token-cql_type"><code class="xref docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">cql_type</span></code></a>
+                                   LANGUAGE <a class="reference internal" 
href="definitions.html#grammar-token-identifier"><code class="xref docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">identifier</span></code></a>
+                                   AS <a class="reference internal" 
href="definitions.html#grammar-token-string"><code class="xref docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">string</span></code></a>
+<strong id="grammar-token-arguments_declaration">arguments_declaration    
</strong> ::=  <a class="reference internal" 
href="definitions.html#grammar-token-identifier"><code class="xref docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">identifier</span></code></a> <a class="reference 
internal" href="types.html#grammar-token-cql_type"><code class="xref docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">cql_type</span></code></a> ( ',' <a class="reference 
internal" href="definitions.html#grammar-token-identifier"><code class="xref 
docutils literal"><span class="pre">identifier</span></code></a> <a 
class="reference internal" href="types.html#grammar-token-cql_type"><code 
class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">cql_type</span></code></a> )*
+</pre>
+<p>For instance:</p>
+<div class="highlight-cql"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span 
class="k">CREATE</span> <span class="k">OR</span> <span 
class="k">REPLACE</span> <span class="k">FUNCTION</span> <span 
class="n">somefunction</span><span class="p">(</span><span 
class="n">somearg</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">,</span> 
<span class="n">anotherarg</span> <span class="nb">text</span><span 
class="p">,</span> <span class="n">complexarg</span> <span 
class="k">frozen</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span 
class="n">someUDT</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">,</span> 
<span class="n">listarg</span> <span class="k">list</span><span 
class="p">)</span>
+    <span class="k">RETURNS</span> <span class="k">NULL</span> <span 
class="k">ON</span> <span class="k">NULL</span> <span class="k">INPUT</span>
+    <span class="k">RETURNS</span> <span class="nb">text</span>
+    <span class="k">LANGUAGE</span> <span class="n">java</span>
+    <span class="k">AS</span> <span class="s">$$</span>
+        <span class="c1">// some Java code</span>
+    <span class="s">$$</span><span class="p">;</span>
+
+<span class="k">CREATE</span> <span class="k">FUNCTION</span> <span 
class="k">IF</span> <span class="k">NOT</span> <span class="k">EXISTS</span> 
<span class="n">akeyspace</span><span class="mf">.</span><span 
class="n">fname</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">someArg</span> 
<span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">)</span>
+    <span class="k">CALLED</span> <span class="k">ON</span> <span 
class="k">NULL</span> <span class="k">INPUT</span>
+    <span class="k">RETURNS</span> <span class="nb">text</span>
+    <span class="k">LANGUAGE</span> <span class="n">java</span>
+    <span class="k">AS</span> <span class="s">$$</span>
+        <span class="c1">// some Java code</span>
+    <span class="s">$$</span><span class="p">;</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">CREATE</span> <span 
class="pre">FUNCTION</span></code> with the optional <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">OR</span> <span class="pre">REPLACE</span></code> 
keywords either creates a function or replaces an existing one with
+the same signature. A <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">CREATE</span> <span class="pre">FUNCTION</span></code> without 
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">OR</span> <span 
class="pre">REPLACE</span></code> fails if a function with the same signature 
already
+exists.</p>
+<p>If the optional <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">IF</span> 
<span class="pre">NOT</span> <span class="pre">EXISTS</span></code> keywords 
are used, the function will
+only be created if another function with the same signature does not
+exist.</p>
+<p><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">OR</span> <span 
class="pre">REPLACE</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">IF</span> <span class="pre">NOT</span> <span 
class="pre">EXISTS</span></code> cannot be used together.</p>
+<p>Behavior on invocation with <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">null</span></code> values must be defined for each
+function. There are two options:</p>
+<ol class="arabic simple">
+<li><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">RETURNS</span> <span 
class="pre">NULL</span> <span class="pre">ON</span> <span 
class="pre">NULL</span> <span class="pre">INPUT</span></code> declares that the 
function will always
+return <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">null</span></code> if 
any of the input arguments is <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">null</span></code>.</li>
+<li><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">CALLED</span> <span 
class="pre">ON</span> <span class="pre">NULL</span> <span 
class="pre">INPUT</span></code> declares that the function will always be
+executed.</li>
+</ol>
+<div class="section" id="function-signature">
+<h5>Function Signature<a class="headerlink" href="#function-signature" 
title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h5>
+<p>Signatures are used to distinguish individual functions. The signature 
consists of:</p>
+<ol class="arabic simple">
+<li>The fully qualified function name - i.e <em>keyspace</em> plus 
<em>function-name</em></li>
+<li>The concatenated list of all argument types</li>
+</ol>
+<p>Note that keyspace names, function names and argument types are subject to 
the default naming conventions and
+case-sensitivity rules.</p>
+<p>Functions belong to a keyspace. If no keyspace is specified in <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">&lt;function-name&gt;</span></code>, 
the current keyspace is used (i.e.
+the keyspace specified using the <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">USE</span></code> statement). It is not possible to create a 
user-defined function in one of the
+system keyspaces.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="drop-function">
+<span id="drop-function-statement"></span><h4>DROP FUNCTION<a 
class="headerlink" href="#drop-function" title="Permalink to this 
headline">¶</a></h4>
+<p>Dropping a function uses the <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">DROP</span> <span class="pre">FUNCTION</span></code> statement:</p>
+<pre>
+<strong 
id="grammar-token-drop_function_statement">drop_function_statement</strong> ::= 
 DROP FUNCTION [ IF EXISTS ] <a class="reference internal" 
href="#grammar-token-function_name"><code class="xref docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">function_name</span></code></a> [ '(' <a class="reference internal" 
href="#grammar-token-arguments_signature"><code class="xref docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">arguments_signature</span></code></a> ')' ]
+<strong id="grammar-token-arguments_signature">arguments_signature    
</strong> ::=  <a class="reference internal" 
href="types.html#grammar-token-cql_type"><code class="xref docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">cql_type</span></code></a> ( ',' <a class="reference 
internal" href="types.html#grammar-token-cql_type"><code class="xref docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">cql_type</span></code></a> )*
+</pre>
+<p>For instance:</p>
+<div class="highlight-cql"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span 
class="k">DROP</span> <span class="k">FUNCTION</span> <span 
class="n">myfunction</span><span class="p">;</span>
+<span class="k">DROP</span> <span class="k">FUNCTION</span> <span 
class="n">mykeyspace</span><span class="mf">.</span><span 
class="n">afunction</span><span class="p">;</span>
+<span class="k">DROP</span> <span class="k">FUNCTION</span> <span 
class="n">afunction</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="nb">int</span> 
<span class="p">);</span>
+<span class="k">DROP</span> <span class="k">FUNCTION</span> <span 
class="n">afunction</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span 
class="nb">text</span> <span class="p">);</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>You must specify the argument types (<a class="reference internal" 
href="#grammar-token-arguments_signature"><code class="xref std std-token 
docutils literal"><span class="pre">arguments_signature</span></code></a>) of 
the function to drop if there are multiple
+functions with the same name but a different signature (overloaded 
functions).</p>
+<p><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">DROP</span> <span 
class="pre">FUNCTION</span></code> with the optional <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">IF</span> <span class="pre">EXISTS</span></code> 
keywords drops a function if it exists, but does not throw an error if
+it doesn&#8217;t</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="aggregate-functions">
+<span id="id4"></span><h2>Aggregate functions<a class="headerlink" 
href="#aggregate-functions" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>Aggregate functions work on a set of rows. They receive values for each row 
and returns one value for the whole set.</p>
+<p>If <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">normal</span></code> 
columns, <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">scalar</span> <span 
class="pre">functions</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">UDT</span></code> fields, <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">writetime</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">ttl</span></code> are selected together with
+aggregate functions, the values returned for them will be the ones of the 
first row matching the query.</p>
+<div class="section" id="native-aggregates">
+<h3>Native aggregates<a class="headerlink" href="#native-aggregates" 
title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<div class="section" id="count">
+<span id="count-function"></span><h4>Count<a class="headerlink" href="#count" 
title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h4>
+<p>The <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">count</span></code> 
function can be used to count the rows returned by a query. Example:</p>
+<div class="highlight-cql"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span 
class="k">SELECT</span> <span class="k">COUNT</span> <span 
class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="p">)</span> <span 
class="k">FROM</span> <span class="n">plays</span><span class="p">;</span>
+<span class="k">SELECT</span> <span class="k">COUNT</span> <span 
class="p">(</span><span class="mf">1</span><span class="p">)</span> <span 
class="k">FROM</span> <span class="n">plays</span><span class="p">;</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>It also can be used to count the non null value of a given column:</p>
+<div class="highlight-cql"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span 
class="k">SELECT</span> <span class="k">COUNT</span> <span 
class="p">(</span><span class="n">scores</span><span class="p">)</span> <span 
class="k">FROM</span> <span class="n">plays</span><span class="p">;</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="max-and-min">
+<h4>Max and Min<a class="headerlink" href="#max-and-min" title="Permalink to 
this headline">¶</a></h4>
+<p>The <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">max</span></code> and 
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">min</span></code> functions 
can be used to compute the maximum and the minimum value returned by a query 
for a
+given column. For instance:</p>
+<div class="highlight-cql"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span 
class="k">SELECT</span> <span class="n">MIN</span> <span 
class="p">(</span><span class="n">players</span><span class="p">),</span> <span 
class="n">MAX</span> <span class="p">(</span><span 
class="n">players</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">FROM</span> 
<span class="n">plays</span> <span class="k">WHERE</span> <span 
class="n">game</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span 
class="s1">&#39;quake&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="sum">
+<h4>Sum<a class="headerlink" href="#sum" title="Permalink to this 
headline">¶</a></h4>
+<p>The <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sum</span></code> 
function can be used to sum up all the values returned by a query for a given 
column. For instance:</p>
+<div class="highlight-cql"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span 
class="k">SELECT</span> <span class="n">SUM</span> <span 
class="p">(</span><span class="n">players</span><span class="p">)</span> <span 
class="k">FROM</span> <span class="n">plays</span><span class="p">;</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="avg">
+<h4>Avg<a class="headerlink" href="#avg" title="Permalink to this 
headline">¶</a></h4>
+<p>The <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">avg</span></code> 
function can be used to compute the average of all the values returned by a 
query for a given column. For
+instance:</p>
+<div class="highlight-cql"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span 
class="k">SELECT</span> <span class="n">AVG</span> <span 
class="p">(</span><span class="n">players</span><span class="p">)</span> <span 
class="k">FROM</span> <span class="n">plays</span><span class="p">;</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="user-defined-aggregates">
+<span id="user-defined-aggregates-functions"></span><h3>User-Defined 
Aggregates<a class="headerlink" href="#user-defined-aggregates" 
title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>User-defined aggregates allow the creation of custom aggregate functions. 
Common examples of aggregate functions are
+<em>count</em>, <em>min</em>, and <em>max</em>.</p>
+<p>Each aggregate requires an <em>initial state</em> (<code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">INITCOND</span></code>, which defaults to <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">null</span></code>) of type <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">STYPE</span></code>. The first
+argument of the state function must have type <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">STYPE</span></code>. The remaining arguments of the 
state function must match the
+types of the user-defined aggregate arguments. The state function is called 
once for each row, and the value returned by
+the state function becomes the new state. After all rows are processed, the 
optional <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">FINALFUNC</span></code> is executed with last
+state value as its argument.</p>
+<p><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">STYPE</span></code> is 
mandatory in order to be able to distinguish possibly overloaded versions of 
the state and/or final
+function (since the overload can appear after creation of the aggregate).</p>
+<p>User-defined aggregates can be used in <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">SELECT</span></code> statement.</p>
+<p>A complete working example for user-defined aggregates (assuming that a 
keyspace has been selected using the <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">USE</span></code>
+statement):</p>
+<div class="highlight-cql"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span 
class="k">CREATE</span> <span class="k">OR</span> <span 
class="k">REPLACE</span> <span class="k">FUNCTION</span> <span 
class="n">averageState</span><span class="p">(</span><span 
class="n">state</span> <span class="k">tuple</span><span 
class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">,</span><span 
class="nb">bigint</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">,</span> 
<span class="n">val</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">)</span>
+    <span class="k">CALLED</span> <span class="k">ON</span> <span 
class="k">NULL</span> <span class="k">INPUT</span>
+    <span class="k">RETURNS</span> <span class="k">tuple</span>
+    <span class="k">LANGUAGE</span> <span class="n">java</span>
+    <span class="k">AS</span> <span class="s">$$</span>
+        <span class="k">if</span> <span class="o">(</span><span 
class="n">val</span> <span class="o">!=</span> <span 
class="kc">null</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
+            <span class="n">state</span><span class="o">.</span><span 
class="na">setInt</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span 
class="o">,</span> <span class="n">state</span><span class="o">.</span><span 
class="na">getInt</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span 
class="o">)+</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="o">);</span>
+            <span class="n">state</span><span class="o">.</span><span 
class="na">setLong</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span 
class="o">,</span> <span class="n">state</span><span class="o">.</span><span 
class="na">getLong</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span 
class="o">)+</span><span class="n">val</span><span class="o">.</span><span 
class="na">intValue</span><span class="o">());</span>
+        <span class="o">}</span>
+        <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">state</span><span 
class="o">;</span>
+    <span class="s">$$</span><span class="p">;</span>
+
+<span class="k">CREATE</span> <span class="k">OR</span> <span 
class="k">REPLACE</span> <span class="k">FUNCTION</span> <span 
class="n">averageFinal</span> <span class="p">(</span><span 
class="n">state</span> <span class="k">tuple</span><span 
class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">,</span><span 
class="nb">bigint</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+    <span class="k">CALLED</span> <span class="k">ON</span> <span 
class="k">NULL</span> <span class="k">INPUT</span>
+    <span class="k">RETURNS</span> <span class="nb">double</span>
+    <span class="k">LANGUAGE</span> <span class="n">java</span>
+    <span class="k">AS</span> <span class="s">$$</span>
+        <span class="kt">double</span> <span class="n">r</span> <span 
class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="o">;</span>
+        <span class="k">if</span> <span class="o">(</span><span 
class="n">state</span><span class="o">.</span><span 
class="na">getInt</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span 
class="o">)</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span 
class="o">)</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span 
class="kc">null</span><span class="o">;</span>
+        <span class="n">r</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span 
class="n">state</span><span class="o">.</span><span 
class="na">getLong</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span 
class="o">);</span>
+        <span class="n">r</span> <span class="o">/=</span> <span 
class="n">state</span><span class="o">.</span><span 
class="na">getInt</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span 
class="o">);</span>
+        <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">Double</span><span 
class="o">.</span><span class="na">valueOf</span><span class="o">(</span><span 
class="n">r</span><span class="o">);</span>
+    <span class="s">$$</span><span class="p">;</span>
+
+<span class="k">CREATE</span> <span class="k">OR</span> <span 
class="k">REPLACE</span> <span class="k">AGGREGATE</span> <span 
class="n">average</span><span class="p">(</span><span 
class="nb">int</span><span class="p">)</span>
+    <span class="k">SFUNC</span> <span class="n">averageState</span>
+    <span class="k">STYPE</span> <span class="k">tuple</span>
+    <span class="k">FINALFUNC</span> <span class="n">averageFinal</span>
+    <span class="k">INITCOND</span> <span class="p">(</span><span 
class="mf">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">0</span><span 
class="p">);</span>
+
+<span class="k">CREATE</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span 
class="n">atable</span> <span class="p">(</span>
+    <span class="n">pk</span> <span class="nb">int</span> <span 
class="k">PRIMARY</span> <span class="k">KEY</span><span class="p">,</span>
+    <span class="n">val</span> <span class="nb">int</span>
+<span class="p">);</span>
+
+<span class="k">INSERT</span> <span class="k">INTO</span> <span 
class="n">atable</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pk</span><span 
class="p">,</span> <span class="n">val</span><span class="p">)</span> <span 
class="k">VALUES</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">1</span><span 
class="p">,</span><span class="mf">1</span><span class="p">);</span>
+<span class="k">INSERT</span> <span class="k">INTO</span> <span 
class="n">atable</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pk</span><span 
class="p">,</span> <span class="n">val</span><span class="p">)</span> <span 
class="k">VALUES</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">2</span><span 
class="p">,</span><span class="mf">2</span><span class="p">);</span>
+<span class="k">INSERT</span> <span class="k">INTO</span> <span 
class="n">atable</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pk</span><span 
class="p">,</span> <span class="n">val</span><span class="p">)</span> <span 
class="k">VALUES</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">3</span><span 
class="p">,</span><span class="mf">3</span><span class="p">);</span>
+<span class="k">INSERT</span> <span class="k">INTO</span> <span 
class="n">atable</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pk</span><span 
class="p">,</span> <span class="n">val</span><span class="p">)</span> <span 
class="k">VALUES</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">4</span><span 
class="p">,</span><span class="mf">4</span><span class="p">);</span>
+
+<span class="k">SELECT</span> <span class="n">average</span><span 
class="p">(</span><span class="n">val</span><span class="p">)</span> <span 
class="k">FROM</span> <span class="n">atable</span><span class="p">;</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="create-aggregate">
+<span id="create-aggregate-statement"></span><h4>CREATE AGGREGATE<a 
class="headerlink" href="#create-aggregate" title="Permalink to this 
headline">¶</a></h4>
+<p>Creating (or replacing) a user-defined aggregate function uses the <code 
class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">CREATE</span> <span 
class="pre">AGGREGATE</span></code> statement:</p>
+<pre>
+<strong 
id="grammar-token-create_aggregate_statement">create_aggregate_statement</strong>
 ::=  CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] AGGREGATE [ IF NOT EXISTS ]
+                                    <a class="reference internal" 
href="#grammar-token-function_name"><code class="xref docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">function_name</span></code></a> '(' <a class="reference internal" 
href="#grammar-token-arguments_signature"><code class="xref docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">arguments_signature</span></code></a> ')'
+                                    SFUNC <a class="reference internal" 
href="#grammar-token-function_name"><code class="xref docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">function_name</span></code></a>
+                                    STYPE <a class="reference internal" 
href="types.html#grammar-token-cql_type"><code class="xref docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">cql_type</span></code></a>
+                                    [ FINALFUNC <a class="reference internal" 
href="#grammar-token-function_name"><code class="xref docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">function_name</span></code></a> ]
+                                    [ INITCOND <a class="reference internal" 
href="definitions.html#grammar-token-term"><code class="xref docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">term</span></code></a> ]
+</pre>
+<p>See above for a complete example.</p>
+<p><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">CREATE</span> <span 
class="pre">AGGREGATE</span></code> with the optional <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">OR</span> <span class="pre">REPLACE</span></code> 
keywords either creates an aggregate or replaces an existing one
+with the same signature. A <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">CREATE</span> <span class="pre">AGGREGATE</span></code> without 
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">OR</span> <span 
class="pre">REPLACE</span></code> fails if an aggregate with the same signature
+already exists.</p>
+<p><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">CREATE</span> <span 
class="pre">AGGREGATE</span></code> with the optional <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">IF</span> <span class="pre">NOT</span> <span 
class="pre">EXISTS</span></code> keywords either creates an aggregate if it 
does not already
+exist.</p>
+<p><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">OR</span> <span 
class="pre">REPLACE</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">IF</span> <span class="pre">NOT</span> <span 
class="pre">EXISTS</span></code> cannot be used together.</p>
+<p><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">STYPE</span></code> 
defines the type of the state value and must be specified.</p>
+<p>The optional <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">INITCOND</span></code> defines the initial state value for the 
aggregate. It defaults to <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">null</span></code>. A non-<code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">null</span></code>
+<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">INITCOND</span></code> must 
be specified for state functions that are declared with <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">RETURNS</span> <span class="pre">NULL</span> <span 
class="pre">ON</span> <span class="pre">NULL</span> <span 
class="pre">INPUT</span></code>.</p>
+<p><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">SFUNC</span></code> 
references an existing function to be used as the state modifying function. The 
type of first argument of the
+state function must match <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">STYPE</span></code>. The remaining argument types of the state 
function must match the argument types of
+the aggregate function. State is not updated for state functions declared with 
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">RETURNS</span> <span 
class="pre">NULL</span> <span class="pre">ON</span> <span 
class="pre">NULL</span> <span class="pre">INPUT</span></code> and called
+with <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">null</span></code>.</p>
+<p>The optional <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">FINALFUNC</span></code> is called just before the aggregate result 
is returned. It must take only one argument with
+type <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">STYPE</span></code>. The 
return type of the <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">FINALFUNC</span></code> may be a different type. A final function 
declared with <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">RETURNS</span>
+<span class="pre">NULL</span> <span class="pre">ON</span> <span 
class="pre">NULL</span> <span class="pre">INPUT</span></code> means that the 
aggregate&#8217;s return value will be <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">null</span></code>, if the last state is <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">null</span></code>.</p>
+<p>If no <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">FINALFUNC</span></code> is defined, the overall return type of the 
aggregate function is <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">STYPE</span></code>. If a <code class="docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">FINALFUNC</span></code> is
+defined, it is the return type of that function.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="drop-aggregate">
+<span id="drop-aggregate-statement"></span><h4>DROP AGGREGATE<a 
class="headerlink" href="#drop-aggregate" title="Permalink to this 
headline">¶</a></h4>
+<p>Dropping an user-defined aggregate function uses the <code class="docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">DROP</span> <span 
class="pre">AGGREGATE</span></code> statement:</p>
+<pre>
+<strong 
id="grammar-token-drop_aggregate_statement">drop_aggregate_statement</strong> 
::=  DROP AGGREGATE [ IF EXISTS ] <a class="reference internal" 
href="#grammar-token-function_name"><code class="xref docutils literal"><span 
class="pre">function_name</span></code></a> [ '(' <a class="reference internal" 
href="#grammar-token-arguments_signature"><code class="xref docutils 
literal"><span class="pre">arguments_signature</span></code></a> ')' ]
+</pre>
+<p>For instance:</p>
+<div class="highlight-cql"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span 
class="k">DROP</span> <span class="k">AGGREGATE</span> <span 
class="n">myAggregate</span><span class="p">;</span>
+<span class="k">DROP</span> <span class="k">AGGREGATE</span> <span 
class="n">myKeyspace</span><span class="mf">.</span><span 
class="n">anAggregate</span><span class="p">;</span>
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+<span id="cql"></span><h1>The Cassandra Query Language (CQL)<a 
class="headerlink" href="#the-cassandra-query-language-cql" title="Permalink to 
this headline">¶</a></h1>
+<p>This document describes the Cassandra Query Language (CQL) <a 
class="footnote-reference" href="#id2" id="id1">[1]</a>. Note that this 
document describes the last version of
+the languages. However, the <a class="reference external" 
href="#changes">changes</a> section provides the diff between the different 
versions of CQL.</p>
+<p>CQL offers a model close to SQL in the sense that data is put in 
<em>tables</em> containing <em>rows</em> of <em>columns</em>. For
+that reason, when used in this document, these terms (tables, rows and 
columns) have the same definition than they have
+in SQL. But please note that as such, they do <strong>not</strong> refer to 
the concept of rows and columns found in the deprecated
+thrift API (and earlier version 1 and 2 of CQL).</p>
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+<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" 
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+<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" 
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+<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" 
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+<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" 
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+<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" 
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+<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" 
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+<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" 
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+<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" 
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+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+<table class="docutils footnote" frame="void" id="id2" rules="none">
+<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup>
+<tbody valign="top">
+<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" 
href="#id1">[1]</a></td><td>Technically, this document CQL version 3, which is 
not backward compatible with CQL version 1 and 2 (which have
+been deprecated and remove) and differs from it in numerous ways.</td></tr>
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