Dig deeper :) It’s existed since day one in both CQL2 and CQL3. https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/cassandra-1.0/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql/Cql.g#L526-L527
> On 10 Apr 2023, at 00:35, Patrick McFadin <pmcfa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was trying to remember when SCHEMA got added to the CQL parser. With a > quick 'git blame' I was taken back to this beast: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-14825
