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/). 

# Connecting from client tools and code
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Amazon Redshift provides Amazon Redshift query editor v2 to connect to your clusters and workgroups. For more information, see [Querying a database using the query editor v2Querying a database using the Amazon Redshift query editor v2](query-editor-v2.md).

This section provides some options for third-party tools to connect. Additionally, it describes how to connect to your cluster programmatically. 

**Topics**
+ [Connecting with Amazon Redshift RSQL](rsql-query-tool.md)
+ [Connect to a cluster with Amazon Redshift RSQL](rsql-query-tool-starting-tool-connection.md)
+ [Amazon Redshift RSQL meta commands](rsql-query-tool-commands.md)
+ [Amazon Redshift RSQL variables](rsql-query-tool-variables.md)
+ [Amazon Redshift RSQL error codes](rsql-query-tool-error-codes.md)
+ [Amazon Redshift RSQL environment variables](rsql-query-tool-environment-variables.md)