Looks like the SYSTEM.FUNCTION table is names with a reserved word. Is this a known bug?
0: jdbc:phoenix:stl-colo-srv073.splicemachine> !tables +------------+--------------+-------------+---------------+----------+------------+----------------------------+-----------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------+---------------+-----------------+------------+-----------+ | TABLE_CAT | TABLE_SCHEM | TABLE_NAME | TABLE_TYPE | REMARKS | TYPE_NAME | SELF_REFERENCING_COL_NAME | REF_GENERATION | INDEX_STATE | IMMUTABLE_ROWS | SALT_BUCKETS | MULTI_TENANT | VIEW_STATEMENT | VIEW_TYPE | INDEX_TYP | +------------+--------------+-------------+---------------+----------+------------+----------------------------+-----------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------+---------------+-----------------+------------+-----------+ | | SYSTEM | CATALOG | SYSTEM TABLE | | | | | | false | null | false | | | | | | SYSTEM | FUNCTION | SYSTEM TABLE | | | | | | false | null | false | | | | | | SYSTEM | SEQUENCE | SYSTEM TABLE | | | | | | false | null | false | | | | | | SYSTEM | STATS | SYSTEM TABLE | | | | | | false | null | false | | | | | | TPCH | CUSTOMER | TABLE | | | | | | false | null | false | | | | | | TPCH | LINEITEM | TABLE | | | | | | false | null | false | | | | | | TPCH | NATION | TABLE | | | | | | false | null | false | | | | | | TPCH | ORDERS | TABLE | | | | | | false | null | false | | | | | | TPCH | PART | TABLE | | | | | | false | null | false | | | | | | TPCH | PARTSUPP | TABLE | | | | | | false | null | false | | | | | | TPCH | REGION | TABLE | | | | | | false | null | false | | | | | | TPCH | SUPPLIER | TABLE | | | | | | false | null | false | | | | +------------+--------------+-------------+---------------+----------+------------+----------------------------+-----------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------+---------------+-----------------+------------+-----------+ 0: jdbc:phoenix:stl-colo-srv073.splicemachine> select * from SYSTEM.FUNCTION; Error: ERROR 604 (42P00): Syntax error. Mismatched input. Expecting "NAME", got "FUNCTION" at line 1, column 22. (state=42P00,code=604) org.apache.phoenix.exception.PhoenixParserException: ERROR 604 (42P00): Syntax error. Mismatched input. Expecting "NAME", got "FUNCTION" at line 1, column 22. at org.apache.phoenix.exception.PhoenixParserException.newException(PhoenixParserException.java:33) at org.apache.phoenix.parse.SQLParser.parseStatement(SQLParser.java:111) at org.apache.phoenix.jdbc.PhoenixStatement$PhoenixStatementParser.parseStatement(PhoenixStatement.java:1280) at org.apache.phoenix.jdbc.PhoenixStatement.parseStatement(PhoenixStatement.java:1363) at org.apache.phoenix.jdbc.PhoenixStatement.execute(PhoenixStatement.java:1434) at sqlline.Commands.execute(Commands.java:822) at sqlline.Commands.sql(Commands.java:732) at sqlline.SqlLine.dispatch(SqlLine.java:807) at sqlline.SqlLine.begin(SqlLine.java:681) at sqlline.SqlLine.start(SqlLine.java:398) at sqlline.SqlLine.main(SqlLine.java:292) Caused by: MismatchedTokenException(65!=99) at org.apache.phoenix.parse.PhoenixSQLParser.recoverFromMismatchedToken(PhoenixSQLParser.java:360) at org.apache.phoenix.shaded.org.antlr.runtime.BaseRecognizer.match(BaseRecognizer.java:115) at org.apache.phoenix.parse.PhoenixSQLParser.parseNoReserved(PhoenixSQLParser.java:9969) at org.apache.phoenix.parse.PhoenixSQLParser.identifier(PhoenixSQLParser.java:9936) at org.apache.phoenix.parse.PhoenixSQLParser.from_table_name(PhoenixSQLParser.java:9589) at org.apache.phoenix.parse.PhoenixSQLParser.table_factor(PhoenixSQLParser.java:6244) at org.apache.phoenix.parse.PhoenixSQLParser.table_ref(PhoenixSQLParser.java:6066) at org.apache.phoenix.parse.PhoenixSQLParser.table_list(PhoenixSQLParser.java:6002) at org.apache.phoenix.parse.PhoenixSQLParser.parseFrom(PhoenixSQLParser.java:5967) at org.apache.phoenix.parse.PhoenixSQLParser.single_select(PhoenixSQLParser.java:4595) at org.apache.phoenix.parse.PhoenixSQLParser.unioned_selects(PhoenixSQLParser.java:4697) at org.apache.phoenix.parse.PhoenixSQLParser.select_node(PhoenixSQLParser.java:4763) at org.apache.phoenix.parse.PhoenixSQLParser.oneStatement(PhoenixSQLParser.java:789) at org.apache.phoenix.parse.PhoenixSQLParser.statement(PhoenixSQLParser.java:508) at org.apache.phoenix.parse.SQLParser.parseStatement(SQLParser.java:108) ... 9 more