The driver supports new Native and Refresh escape sequences to embed CQL commands in SQL-92 statements. The Native escape sequence allows you to execute CQL directly through the client application. The Refresh escape sequence is then used to incorporate any changes introduced by the Native escape into the driver's relational map of the data.

Note: The Native and Refresh escape sequences are mainly intended for the execution of DDL commands, such as ALTER, CREATE, and DROP. A returning clause for the Native escape is not currently supported by the driver. Therefore, results cannot be retrieved using the Native escape sequence.