Amazon Redshift will no longer support the creation of new Python UDFs starting Patch 198. Existing Python UDFs will continue to function until June 30, 2026. For more information, see the [ blog post ](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/amazon-redshift-python-user-defined-functions-will-reach-end-of-support-after-june-30-2026/). 

# STL\$1MERGE
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Analyzes merge execution steps for queries. These steps occur when the results of parallel operations (such as sorts and joins) are merged for subsequent processing.

STL\$1MERGE is visible to all users. Superusers can see all rows; regular users can see only their own data. For more information, see [Visibility of data in system tables and views](cm_chap_system-tables.md#c_visibility-of-data).

**Note**  
STL\$1MERGE only contains queries run on main provisioned clusters. It doesn't contain queries run on concurrency scaling clusters or on serverless namespaces. To access explain plans for queries run on both main clusters, concurrency scaling clusters, and serverless namespaces, we recommend that you use the SYS monitoring view [SYS\$1QUERY\$1DETAIL](SYS_QUERY_DETAIL.md) . The data in the SYS monitoring view is formatted to be easier to use and understand.

## Table columns
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[\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/r_STL_MERGE.html)

## Sample queries
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The following example returns 10 merge execution results. 

```
select query, step, starttime, endtime, tasknum, rows
from stl_merge
limit 10;
```

```
 query | step |       starttime     |        endtime      | tasknum | rows
-------+------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+------
     9 |    0 | 2013-08-12 20:08:14 | 2013-08-12 20:08:14 |       0 |    0
    12 |    0 | 2013-08-12 20:09:10 | 2013-08-12 20:09:10 |       0 |    0
    15 |    0 | 2013-08-12 20:10:24 | 2013-08-12 20:10:24 |       0 |    0
    20 |    0 | 2013-08-12 20:11:27 | 2013-08-12 20:11:27 |       0 |    0
    26 |    0 | 2013-08-12 20:12:28 | 2013-08-12 20:12:28 |       0 |    0
    32 |    0 | 2013-08-12 20:14:33 | 2013-08-12 20:14:33 |       0 |    0
    38 |    0 | 2013-08-12 20:16:43 | 2013-08-12 20:16:43 |       0 |    0
    44 |    0 | 2013-08-12 20:17:05 | 2013-08-12 20:17:05 |       0 |    0
    50 |    0 | 2013-08-12 20:18:48 | 2013-08-12 20:18:48 |       0 |    0
    56 |    0 | 2013-08-12 20:20:48 | 2013-08-12 20:20:48 |       0 |    0
(10 rows)
```