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SELECT - Amazon Redshift

Amazon Redshift will no longer support the use of Python UDFs after June 30, 2026. We will start enforcing it in phases. For more information on the details of Python end of life and migration options, see the blog post that was published on June 30, 2025.

SELECT

Returns rows from tables, views, and user-defined functions.

Note

The maximum size for a single SQL statement is 16 MB.

Syntax

[ WITH with_subquery [, ...] ] SELECT [ TOP number | [ ALL | DISTINCT ] * | expression [ AS output_name ] [, ...] ] [ EXCLUDE column_list ] [ FROM table_reference [, ...] ] [ WHERE condition ] [ [ START WITH expression ] CONNECT BY expression ] [ GROUP BY ALL | expression [, ...] ] [ HAVING condition ] [ QUALIFY condition ] [ { UNION | ALL | INTERSECT | EXCEPT | MINUS } query ] [ ORDER BY expression [ ASC | DESC ] ] [ LIMIT { number | ALL } ] [ OFFSET start ]