DML queries, functions, and operators

The Athena DML query engine generally supports Trino and Presto syntax and adds its own improvements. Athena does not support all Trino or Presto features. For more information, see the topics for specific statements in this section and Considerations and limitations. For information about functions, see Functions in Amazon Athena. For information about Athena engine versions, see Athena engine versioning.

For information about DDL statements, see DDL statements. For a list of unsupported DDL statements, see Unsupported DDL.