diff --git a/dbt/adapters/exasol/impl.py b/dbt/adapters/exasol/impl.py
index b775071..3b05079 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/exasol/impl.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/exasol/impl.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from dbt.adapters.sql import SQLAdapter
 from dbt.exceptions import CompilationError
 from dbt.utils import filter_null_values
+from dbt.adapters.base.meta import available
 from dbt.adapters.base.impl import ConstraintSupport
 from dbt.contracts.graph.nodes import ConstraintType
 
@@ -99,6 +100,40 @@ def valid_incremental_strategies(self):
         """The set of standard builtin strategies which this adapter supports out-of-the-box.
         Not used to validate custom strategies defined by end users.
         """
-        return ["append", "delete+insert"]
+        return ["append", "merge", "delete+insert"]
+    
+    @staticmethod
+    def is_valid_identifier(identifier) -> bool:
+        # The first character should be alphabetic
+        if not identifier[0].isalpha():
+            return False
+        # Rest of the characters is either alphanumeric or any one of the literals '#', '$', '_'
+        idx = 1
+        while idx < len(identifier):
+            identifier_chr = identifier[idx]
+            if not identifier_chr.isalnum() and identifier_chr not in ('#', '$', '_'):
+                return False
+            idx += 1
+        return True
     
-    
\ No newline at end of file
+    @available
+    def should_identifier_be_quoted(self,
+                                    identifier,
+                                    models_column_dict=None) -> bool:
+        
+        #Check if the naming is valid
+        if not self.is_valid_identifier(identifier):
+            return True
+        #check if the column is set to be quoted in the model config
+        elif models_column_dict and identifier in models_column_dict:
+            return models_column_dict[identifier].get('quote', False)
+        elif models_column_dict and self.quote(identifier) in models_column_dict:
+            return models_column_dict[self.quote(identifier)].get('quote', False)
+        return False
+    
+    @available
+    def check_and_quote_identifier(self, identifier, models_column_dict=None) -> str:
+        if self.should_identifier_be_quoted(identifier, models_column_dict):
+            return self.quote(identifier)
+        else:
+            return identifier
diff --git a/dbt/include/exasol/macros/adapters.sql b/dbt/include/exasol/macros/adapters.sql
index 974a2f7..816fa3b 100644
--- a/dbt/include/exasol/macros/adapters.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/exasol/macros/adapters.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 /* 
 LIST_RELATIONS_MACRO_NAME = 'list_relations_without_caching'
 GET_COLUMNS_IN_RELATION_MACRO_NAME = 'get_columns_in_relation'
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ AS
 {% macro exasol__alter_relation_comment(relation, relation_comment) -%}
   {# Comments on views are not supported outside DDL, see https://docs.exasol.com/db/latest/sql/comment.htm#UsageNotes #}
   {%- if not relation.is_view %}
-    {%- set comment = relation_comment | replace("'", '"') %}
+    {%- set comment = relation_comment | replace("'", "''") %}
     COMMENT ON {{ relation.type }} {{ relation }} IS '{{ comment }}';
   {%- endif %}
 {% endmacro %}
@@ -155,7 +154,7 @@ AS
     {% set matched_column = None -%}
   {% endif -%}
   {% if matched_column -%}
-    {% set comment = column_dict[matched_column]['description'] | replace("'", '"') -%}
+    {% set comment = column_dict[matched_column]['description'] | replace("'", "''") -%}
   {% else -%}
     {% set comment = "" -%}
   {% endif -%}
@@ -187,7 +186,7 @@ AS
 
 {% macro persist_view_relation_docs() %}
 {%- if config.persist_relation_docs() %}
-COMMENT IS '{{ model.description }}'
+COMMENT IS '{{ model.description | replace("'", "''")}}'
 {%- endif %}
 {% endmacro %}
 
@@ -197,8 +196,8 @@ COMMENT IS '{{ model.description }}'
   {% endcall %}
 {% endmacro %}
 
-{% macro exasol__get_empty_subquery_sql(select_sql, sql_header=None ) %}
+{% macro exasol__get_empty_subquery_sql(select_sql, select_sql_header=None ) %}
     select * from (
         {{ select_sql }}
     ) dbt_sbq_tmp
-{% endmacro %}
\ No newline at end of file
+{% endmacro %}
diff --git a/dbt/include/exasol/macros/catalog.sql b/dbt/include/exasol/macros/catalog.sql
index 564d68e..d87ddfb 100644
--- a/dbt/include/exasol/macros/catalog.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/exasol/macros/catalog.sql
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 		  	OBJECT_NAME as table_name,
 		  	ROOT_NAME as table_owner,
 		  	OBJECT_TYPE AS table_type,
-		  	OBJECT_COMMENT
+		  	OBJECT_COMMENT as table_comment
 		  from sys.EXA_USER_OBJECTS 
 		  WHERE OBJECT_TYPE IN('TABLE', 'VIEW')
   
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
     )
 
     select tabs.table_owner as [table_owner],
-		   tabs.table_type AS [table_type],
+		       tabs.table_type AS [table_type],
+           tabs.table_comment as [table_comment],
            cols.table_database as [table_database],
            cols.table_schema as [table_schema],
            cols.table_name as [table_name],
diff --git a/dbt/include/exasol/macros/materializations/incremental.sql b/dbt/include/exasol/macros/materializations/incremental.sql
index c428807..2e02438 100644
--- a/dbt/include/exasol/macros/materializations/incremental.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/exasol/macros/materializations/incremental.sql
@@ -1,30 +1,13 @@
+{% materialization incremental, adapter='exasol', supported_languages=['sql'] %}
 
-{% materialization incremental, adapter='exasol' -%}
-
-  -- relations
-  {%- set existing_relation = load_relation(this) -%}
-
-  {%- set target_relation = this.incorporate(type='table') -%}
-  {%- set temp_relation = make_temp_relation(target_relation)-%}
-  {%- set intermediate_relation = make_intermediate_relation(target_relation)-%}
-  {%- set backup_relation_type = 'table' if existing_relation is none else existing_relation.type -%}
-  {%- set backup_relation = make_backup_relation(target_relation, backup_relation_type) -%}
-
-  -- configs
-  {%- set unique_key = config.get('unique_key') -%}
-  {%- set full_refresh_mode = (should_full_refresh()  or existing_relation.is_view) -%}
-  {%- set on_schema_change = incremental_validate_on_schema_change(config.get('on_schema_change'), default='ignore') -%}
-
-  -- the temp_ and backup_ relations should not already exist in the database; get_relation
-  -- will return None in that case. Otherwise, we get a relation that we can drop
-  -- later, before we try to use this name for the current operation. This has to happen before
-  -- BEGIN, in a separate transaction
-  {%- set preexisting_intermediate_relation = load_cached_relation(intermediate_relation)-%}
-  {%- set preexisting_backup_relation = load_cached_relation(backup_relation) -%}
-   -- grab current tables grants config for comparision later on
-  {% set grant_config = config.get('grants') %}
-  {{ drop_relation_if_exists(preexisting_intermediate_relation) }}
-  {{ drop_relation_if_exists(preexisting_backup_relation) }}
+  {% set unique_key = config.get('unique_key') %}
+  {% set full_refresh_mode = flags.FULL_REFRESH %}
+  {%- set language = model['language'] -%}
+  {% set target_relation = this.incorporate(type='table') %}
+  {% set existing_relation = load_relation(this) %}
+  {% set tmp_relation = make_temp_relation(this) %}
+  {% set on_schema_change = incremental_validate_on_schema_change(config.get('on_schema_change'), default='ignore') %}
+  {% set  grant_config = config.get('grants') %}
 
   {{ run_hooks(pre_hooks, inside_transaction=False) }}
 
@@ -32,29 +15,40 @@
   {{ run_hooks(pre_hooks, inside_transaction=True) }}
 
   {% set to_drop = [] %}
-
   {% if existing_relation is none %}
-      {% set build_sql = get_create_table_as_sql(False, target_relation, sql) %}
-  {% elif full_refresh_mode %}
-      {% set build_sql = get_create_table_as_sql(False, intermediate_relation, sql) %}
-      {% set need_swap = true %}
+      {% set build_sql = create_table_as(False, target_relation, sql) %}
+  {% elif existing_relation.is_view or full_refresh_mode %}
+      {#-- Checking if backup relation exists#}
+      {% set backup_identifier = existing_relation.identifier ~ "__dbt_backup" %}
+      {% set backup_relation = existing_relation.incorporate(path={"identifier": backup_identifier}) %}
+      {% do adapter.drop_relation(backup_relation) %}
+      {% if existing_relation.is_view %}
+            {% do adapter.drop_relation(existing_relation) %}
+      {% else %}
+            {% do adapter.rename_relation(existing_relation, backup_relation) %}
+      {% endif %}
+      {% set build_sql = create_table_as(False, target_relation, sql) %}
+      {% do to_drop.append(backup_relation) %}
   {% else %}
-    {% do run_query(get_create_table_as_sql(True, temp_relation, sql)) %}
-    {% do adapter.expand_target_column_types(
-             from_relation=temp_relation,
+      {% set tmp_relation = make_temp_relation(target_relation) %}
+      {% do to_drop.append(tmp_relation) %}
+      {% call statement("make_tmp_relation") %}
+        {{create_table_as(True, tmp_relation, sql)}}
+      {% endcall %}
+      {% do adapter.expand_target_column_types(
+             from_relation=tmp_relation,
              to_relation=target_relation) %}
-    {#-- Process schema changes. Returns dict of changes if successful. Use source columns for upserting/merging --#}
-    {% set dest_columns = process_schema_changes(on_schema_change, temp_relation, existing_relation) %}
-    {% if not dest_columns %}
-      {% set dest_columns = adapter.get_columns_in_relation(existing_relation) %}
-    {% endif %}
-
-    {#-- Get the incremental_strategy, the macro to use for the strategy, and build the sql --#}
-    {% set incremental_strategy = config.get('incremental_strategy') or 'default' %}
-    {% set incremental_predicates = config.get('predicates', none) or config.get('incremental_predicates', none) %}
-    {% set strategy_sql_macro_func = adapter.get_incremental_strategy_macro(context, incremental_strategy) %}
-    {% set strategy_arg_dict = ({'target_relation': target_relation, 'temp_relation': temp_relation, 'unique_key': unique_key, 'dest_columns': dest_columns, 'incremental_predicates': incremental_predicates }) %}
-    {% set build_sql = strategy_sql_macro_func(strategy_arg_dict) %}
+      {% set dest_columns = process_schema_changes(on_schema_change, tmp_relation, existing_relation) %}
+      {% if not dest_columns %}
+        {% set dest_columns = adapter.get_columns_in_relation(existing_relation) %}
+      {% endif %}
+
+      {#-- Get the incremental_strategy, the macro to use for the strategy, and build the sql --#}
+      {% set incremental_strategy = config.get('incremental_strategy') or 'default' %}
+      {% set incremental_predicates = config.get('predicates', none) or config.get('incremental_predicates', none) %}
+      {% set strategy_sql_macro_func = adapter.get_incremental_strategy_macro(context, incremental_strategy) %}
+      {% set strategy_arg_dict = ({'target_relation': target_relation, 'temp_relation': tmp_relation, 'unique_key': unique_key, 'dest_columns': dest_columns, 'incremental_predicates': incremental_predicates }) %}
+      {% set build_sql = strategy_sql_macro_func(strategy_arg_dict) %}
 
   {% endif %}
 
@@ -62,21 +56,8 @@
       {{ build_sql }}
   {% endcall %}
 
-  {% if need_swap %}
-      {% do adapter.rename_relation(existing_relation, backup_relation) %}
-      {% do adapter.rename_relation(intermediate_relation, target_relation) %}
-      {% do to_drop.append(backup_relation) %}
-  {% endif %}
-
-  {% set should_revoke = should_revoke(existing_relation, full_refresh_mode) %}
-  {% do apply_grants(target_relation, grant_config, should_revoke=should_revoke) %}
-
   {% do persist_docs(target_relation, model) %}
 
-  {% if existing_relation is none or existing_relation.is_view or should_full_refresh() %}
-    {% do create_indexes(target_relation) %}
-  {% endif %}
-
   {{ run_hooks(post_hooks, inside_transaction=True) }}
 
   -- `COMMIT` happens here
@@ -88,6 +69,9 @@
 
   {{ run_hooks(post_hooks, inside_transaction=False) }}
 
+  {% set should_revoke = should_revoke(existing_relation.is_table, full_refresh_mode) %}
+  {% do apply_grants(target_relation, grant_config, should_revoke=should_revoke) %}
+
   {{ return({'relations': [target_relation]}) }}
 
 {%- endmaterialization %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dbt/include/exasol/macros/materializations/merge.sql b/dbt/include/exasol/macros/materializations/merge.sql
index 5ee324b..b3cd6bc 100644
--- a/dbt/include/exasol/macros/materializations/merge.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/exasol/macros/materializations/merge.sql
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
-{% macro exasol__get_delete_insert_merge_sql(target, source, unique_key, dest_columns,incremental_predicates=none) -%}
+{% macro exasol__get_delete_insert_merge_sql(target, source, unique_key, dest_columns,incremental_predicates) -%}
 
     {%- set dest_cols_csv = get_quoted_csv(dest_columns | map(attribute="name")) -%}
 
     {% if unique_key %}
         {% if unique_key is sequence and unique_key is not string %}
-            delete from {{ target }}
+            delete from {{target }}
             where exists ( select 1 from {{ source }}
-                where
+            where 
                 {% for key in unique_key %}
                     {{ source }}.{{ key }} = {{ target }}.{{ key }}
-                    {{ "and " if not loop.last }}
+                    {{ "and " if not loop.last}}
                 {% endfor %}
-            )
+                {% if incremental_predicates %}
+                    {% for predicate in incremental_predicates %}
+                        and {{ predicate }}
+                    {% endfor %}
+                {% endif %}
+            );
         {% else %}
             delete from {{ target }}
             where (
@@ -19,6 +24,11 @@
                 select ({{ unique_key }})
                 from {{ source }}
             )
+            {%- if incremental_predicates %}
+                {% for predicate in incremental_predicates %}
+                    and {{ predicate }}
+                {% endfor %}
+            {%- endif -%};
 
         {% endif %}
     {% endif %}
@@ -32,3 +42,102 @@
     )
 
 {%- endmacro %}
+
+
+{% macro exasol_check_and_quote_unique_key_for_incremental_merge(unique_key, incremental_predicates=none) %}
+    {%- set unique_key_list = [] -%}
+    {%- set unique_key_merge_predicates = [] if incremental_predicates is none else [] + incremental_predicates -%}
+    {% if unique_key is sequence and unique_key is not mapping and unique_key is not string %}
+          {% for key in unique_key | unique %}
+                {% if adapter.should_identifier_be_quoted(key, model.columns) == true %}
+                    {% do unique_key_list.append('"' ~ key ~ '"') %}
+                {% else %}
+                    {% do unique_key_list.append(key.upper()) %}
+                {% endif %}
+          {% endfor %}
+    {% else %}
+        {% if adapter.should_identifier_be_quoted(unique_key, model.columns) == true %}
+            {% do unique_key_list.append('"' ~ unique_key ~ '"') %}
+        {% else %}
+            {% do unique_key_list.append(unique_key.upper()) %}
+        {% endif %}
+    {% endif %}
+    {% for key in unique_key_list %}
+        {% set this_key_match %}
+            DBT_INTERNAL_SOURCE.{{ key }} = DBT_INTERNAL_DEST.{{ key }}
+        {% endset %}
+        {% do unique_key_merge_predicates.append(this_key_match) %}
+    {% endfor %}
+    {%- set unique_key_result = {'unique_key_list': unique_key_list, 
+                                'unique_key_merge_predicates': unique_key_merge_predicates} -%}
+    {{ return(unique_key_result)}}
+{% endmacro %}
+
+
+{% macro exasol__get_merge_update_columns(merge_update_columns, merge_exclude_columns, dest_columns) %}
+  {%- set default_cols = dest_columns | map(attribute='name') | list -%}
+
+  {%- if merge_update_columns and merge_exclude_columns -%}
+    {{ exceptions.raise_compiler_error(
+        'Model cannot specify merge_update_columns and merge_exclude_columns. Please update model to use only one config'
+    )}}
+  {%- elif merge_update_columns -%}
+    {%- set update_columns = merge_update_columns -%}
+  {%- elif merge_exclude_columns -%}
+    {%- set update_columns = [] -%}
+    {%- for column in dest_columns -%}
+      {% if column.column | lower not in merge_exclude_columns | map("lower") | list %}
+        {%- do update_columns.append(column.name) -%}
+      {% endif %}
+    {%- endfor -%}
+  {%- else -%}
+    {%- set update_columns = default_cols -%}
+  {%- endif -%}
+
+   {%- set quoted_update_columns = [] -%}
+   {% for col in update_columns %}
+        {% do quoted_update_columns.append(adapter.check_and_quote_identifier(col, model.columns)) %}
+   {% endfor %}
+   {{ return(quoted_update_columns)}}
+{% endmacro %}
+
+
+{% macro exasol__get_incremental_merge_sql(args_dict) %}
+    {%- set dest_columns = args_dict["dest_columns"] -%}
+    {%- set temp_relation = args_dict["temp_relation"] -%}
+    {%- set target_relation = args_dict["target_relation"] -%}
+    {%- set unique_key = args_dict["unique_key"] -%}
+    {%- set dest_column_names = dest_columns | map(attribute='name') | list -%}
+    {%- set dest_cols_csv = get_quoted_csv(dest_columns | map(attribute="name"))  -%}
+    {%- set merge_update_columns = config.get('merge_update_columns') -%}
+    {%- set merge_exclude_columns = config.get('merge_exclude_columns') -%}
+    {%- set incremental_predicates = args_dict["incremental_predicates"] -%}
+    {%- set update_columns = get_merge_update_columns(merge_update_columns, merge_exclude_columns, dest_columns) -%}
+    {%- if unique_key -%}
+        {%- set unique_key_result = exasol_check_and_quote_unique_key_for_incremental_merge(unique_key, incremental_predicates) -%}
+        {%- set unique_key_list = unique_key_result['unique_key_list'] -%}
+        {%- set unique_key_merge_predicates = unique_key_result['unique_key_merge_predicates'] -%}
+        merge into {{ target_relation }} DBT_INTERNAL_DEST
+          using {{ temp_relation }} DBT_INTERNAL_SOURCE
+          on ({{ unique_key_merge_predicates | join(' AND ') }})
+        when matched then
+          update set
+          {% for col in update_columns if (col.upper() not in unique_key_list and col not in unique_key_list) -%}
+            DBT_INTERNAL_DEST.{{ col }} = DBT_INTERNAL_SOURCE.{{ col }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}
+          {% endfor -%}
+        when not matched then
+          insert({{ dest_cols_csv }})
+          values(
+            {% for col in dest_columns -%}
+              DBT_INTERNAL_SOURCE.{{ adapter.check_and_quote_identifier(col.name, model.columns) }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}
+            {% endfor -%}
+          )
+    {%- else -%}
+    insert into  {{ target_relation }} ({{ dest_cols_csv }})
+    (
+       select {{ dest_cols_csv }}
+       from {{ temp_relation }}
+    )
+    {%- endif -%}
+{% endmacro %}
+
diff --git a/dbt/include/exasol/macros/materializations/strategies.sql b/dbt/include/exasol/macros/materializations/strategies.sql
index cb9bc4e..bb8489f 100644
--- a/dbt/include/exasol/macros/materializations/strategies.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/exasol/macros/materializations/strategies.sql
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         select {{ snapshot_get_time() }} as snapshot_start
     {%- endset %}
 
-    {#-- don't access the column by name, to avoid dealing with casing issues on snowflake #}
+    {#-- don't access the column by name, to avoid dealing with casing issues on exasol #}
     {%- set now = run_query(select_current_time)[0][0] -%}
     {% if now is none or now is undefined -%}
         {%- do exceptions.raise_compiler_error('Could not get a snapshot start time from the database') -%}
diff --git a/dbt/include/exasol/macros/materializations/table.sql b/dbt/include/exasol/macros/materializations/table.sql
index 92ac86f..8c51428 100644
--- a/dbt/include/exasol/macros/materializations/table.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/exasol/macros/materializations/table.sql
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   -- cleanup
   {% if old_relation is not none %}
     {% if old_relation.type == 'view' %}
-      {#-- This is the primary difference between Snowflake and Redshift. Renaming this view
+      {#-- This is the primary difference between Exasol and Redshift. Renaming this view
         -- would cause an error if the view has become invalid due to upstream schema changes #}
       {{ log("Dropping relation " ~ old_relation ~ " because it is a view and this model is a table.") }}
       {{ drop_relation_if_exists(old_relation) }}
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 10a6ab3..b69d5e7 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.5.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.4.2 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "agate"
 version = "1.7.0"
 description = "A data analysis library that is optimized for humans instead of machines."
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ test = ["PyICU (>=2.4.2)", "coverage (>=3.7.1)", "cssselect (>=0.9.1)", "lxml (>
 name = "appdirs"
 version = "1.4.4"
 description = "A small Python module for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a \"user data dir\"."
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ files = [
 name = "appnope"
 version = "0.1.3"
 description = "Disable App Nap on macOS >= 10.9"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ files = [
 name = "astroid"
 version = "2.15.6"
 description = "An abstract syntax tree for Python with inference support."
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7.2"
 files = [
@@ -68,6 +72,7 @@ wrapt = [
 name = "asttokens"
 version = "2.2.1"
 description = "Annotate AST trees with source code positions"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
@@ -85,6 +90,7 @@ test = ["astroid", "pytest"]
 name = "attrs"
 version = "23.1.0"
 description = "Classes Without Boilerplate"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -103,6 +109,7 @@ tests-no-zope = ["cloudpickle", "hypothesis", "mypy (>=1.1.1)", "pympler", "pyte
 name = "babel"
 version = "2.12.1"
 description = "Internationalization utilities"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -117,6 +124,7 @@ pytz = {version = ">=2015.7", markers = "python_version < \"3.9\""}
 name = "backcall"
 version = "0.2.0"
 description = "Specifications for callback functions passed in to an API"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
@@ -128,6 +136,7 @@ files = [
 name = "black"
 version = "22.12.0"
 description = "The uncompromising code formatter."
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -163,6 +172,7 @@ uvloop = ["uvloop (>=0.15.2)"]
 name = "certifi"
 version = "2023.7.22"
 description = "Python package for providing Mozilla's CA Bundle."
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
 files = [
@@ -174,6 +184,7 @@ files = [
 name = "cffi"
 version = "1.15.1"
 description = "Foreign Function Interface for Python calling C code."
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
@@ -250,6 +261,7 @@ pycparser = "*"
 name = "chardet"
 version = "5.2.0"
 description = "Universal encoding detector for Python 3"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -261,6 +273,7 @@ files = [
 name = "charset-normalizer"
 version = "3.2.0"
 description = "The Real First Universal Charset Detector. Open, modern and actively maintained alternative to Chardet."
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7.0"
 files = [
@@ -345,6 +358,7 @@ files = [
 name = "click"
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 description = "Composable command line interface toolkit"
+category = "main"
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 name = "colorama"
 version = "0.4.6"
 description = "Cross-platform colored terminal text."
+category = "main"
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 name = "cryptography"
 version = "41.0.3"
 description = "cryptography is a package which provides cryptographic recipes and primitives to Python developers."
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 version = "1.5.4"
 description = "With dbt, data analysts and engineers can build analytics the way engineers build applications."
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 description = "A tool to analyze and extract information from Jinja used in dbt projects."
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 description = "The dbt adapter tests for adapter plugins"
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 version = "1.6.7.post1"
 description = "An implementation of the Debug Adapter Protocol for Python"
+category = "dev"
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 python-versions = ">=3.7"
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 description = "Decorators for Humans"
+category = "dev"
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 version = "7.7.0"
 description = "Run coverage and linting reports on diffs"
+category = "main"
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 name = "dill"
 version = "0.3.7"
 description = "serialize all of Python"
+category = "dev"
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 description = "Distribution utilities"
+category = "dev"
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 python-versions = "*"
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 description = "Backport of PEP 654 (exception groups)"
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 name = "executing"
 version = "1.2.0"
 description = "Get the currently executing AST node of a frame, and other information"
+category = "dev"
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 python-versions = "*"
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 version = "3.12.2"
 description = "A platform independent file lock."
+category = "dev"
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 version = "0.18.3"
 description = "Clean single-source support for Python 3 and 2"
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 description = "JSON schema generation from dataclasses"
+category = "main"
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 name = "idna"
 version = "3.4"
 description = "Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)"
+category = "main"
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 python-versions = ">=3.5"
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 version = "6.8.0"
 description = "Read metadata from Python packages"
+category = "dev"
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 version = "6.0.1"
 description = "Read resources from Python packages"
+category = "main"
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 name = "iniconfig"
 version = "2.0.0"
 description = "brain-dead simple config-ini parsing"
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 description = "IPython Kernel for Jupyter"
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 ipython = ">=7.23.1"
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 matplotlib-inline = ">=0.1"
 nest-asyncio = "*"
 packaging = "*"
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 description = "IPython: Productive Interactive Computing"
+category = "dev"
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 version = "0.6.1"
 description = "An ISO 8601 date/time/duration parser and formatter"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
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 name = "isort"
 version = "5.12.0"
 description = "A Python utility / library to sort Python imports."
+category = "dev"
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 python-versions = ">=3.8.0"
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 description = "An autocompletion tool for Python that can be used for text editors."
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
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 name = "jinja2"
 version = "3.1.2"
 description = "A very fast and expressive template engine."
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 description = "An implementation of JSON Schema validation for Python"
+category = "main"
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 python-versions = ">=3.8"
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 name = "jsonschema-specifications"
 version = "2023.7.1"
 description = "The JSON Schema meta-schemas and vocabularies, exposed as a Registry"
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 description = "Jupyter protocol implementation and client libraries"
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 python-dateutil = ">=2.8.2"
 pyzmq = ">=23.0"
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 description = "A fast and thorough lazy object proxy."
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 version = "0.3.4"
 description = "Python charting for 80% of humans."
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 python-versions = "*"
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 name = "logbook"
 version = "1.5.3"
 description = "A logging replacement for Python"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
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 name = "markupsafe"
 version = "2.1.3"
 description = "Safely add untrusted strings to HTML/XML markup."
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
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 description = "Fast serialization library on top of dataclasses"
+category = "main"
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 version = "0.1.6"
 description = "Inline Matplotlib backend for Jupyter"
+category = "dev"
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 name = "mccabe"
 version = "0.7.0"
 description = "McCabe checker, plugin for flake8"
+category = "dev"
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 version = "0.0.2"
 description = "A minimal snowplow event tracker for Python. Add analytics to your Python and Django apps, webapps and games"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
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 name = "msgpack"
 version = "1.0.5"
 description = "MessagePack serializer"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
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 version = "1.0.0"
 description = "Type system extensions for programs checked with the mypy type checker."
+category = "dev"
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 version = "1.5.7"
 description = "Patch asyncio to allow nested event loops"
+category = "dev"
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@@ -1240,6 +1295,7 @@ files = [
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 version = "2.8.8"
 description = "Python package for creating and manipulating graphs and networks"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
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@@ -1258,6 +1314,7 @@ test = ["codecov (>=2.1)", "pytest (>=7.2)", "pytest-cov (>=4.0)"]
 name = "packaging"
 version = "23.1"
 description = "Core utilities for Python packages"
+category = "main"
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 python-versions = ">=3.7"
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@@ -1269,6 +1326,7 @@ files = [
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 version = "2.4"
 description = "Parse human-readable date/time text."
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
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@@ -1283,6 +1341,7 @@ future = "*"
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 version = "0.8.3"
 description = "A Python Parser"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
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@@ -1298,6 +1357,7 @@ testing = ["docopt", "pytest (<6.0.0)"]
 name = "pathspec"
 version = "0.11.2"
 description = "Utility library for gitignore style pattern matching of file paths."
+category = "main"
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 python-versions = ">=3.7"
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 version = "4.8.0"
 description = "Pexpect allows easy control of interactive console applications."
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
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@@ -1323,6 +1384,7 @@ ptyprocess = ">=0.5"
 name = "pickleshare"
 version = "0.7.5"
 description = "Tiny 'shelve'-like database with concurrency support"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
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 version = "1.3.10"
 description = "Resolve a name to an object."
+category = "main"
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 version = "3.10.0"
 description = "A small Python package for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a \"user data dir\"."
+category = "dev"
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 python-versions = ">=3.7"
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 version = "1.2.0"
 description = "plugin and hook calling mechanisms for python"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
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 name = "prompt-toolkit"
 version = "3.0.39"
 description = "Library for building powerful interactive command lines in Python"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7.0"
 files = [
@@ -1389,6 +1455,7 @@ wcwidth = "*"
 name = "protobuf"
 version = "4.24.0"
 description = ""
+category = "main"
 optional = false
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@@ -1411,6 +1478,7 @@ files = [
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 version = "5.9.5"
 description = "Cross-platform lib for process and system monitoring in Python."
+category = "dev"
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 python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*"
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 version = "0.7.0"
 description = "Run a subprocess in a pseudo terminal"
+category = "dev"
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 python-versions = "*"
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 version = "0.2.2"
 description = "Safely evaluate AST nodes without side effects"
+category = "dev"
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 python-versions = "*"
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 version = "1.11.0"
 description = "library with cross-python path, ini-parsing, io, code, log facilities"
+category = "dev"
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 version = "0.5.0"
 description = "Pure-Python implementation of ASN.1 types and DER/BER/CER codecs (X.208)"
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 python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,!=3.5.*,>=2.7"
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 name = "pycparser"
 version = "2.21"
 description = "C parser in Python"
+category = "main"
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 version = "0.25.2"
 description = "Exasol python driver with extra features"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
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 files = [
@@ -1519,6 +1593,7 @@ ujson = ["ujson"]
 name = "pygments"
 version = "2.16.1"
 description = "Pygments is a syntax highlighting package written in Python."
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
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 version = "2.17.5"
 description = "python code static checker"
+category = "dev"
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 files = [
@@ -1562,6 +1638,7 @@ testutils = ["gitpython (>3)"]
 name = "pyopenssl"
 version = "23.2.0"
 description = "Python wrapper module around the OpenSSL library"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
 files = [
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 name = "pytest"
 version = "7.4.0"
 description = "pytest: simple powerful testing with Python"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
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 version = "0.5.2"
 description = "A py.test plugin that parses environment files before running tests"
+category = "dev"
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 python-versions = "*"
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 name = "pytest-parallel"
 version = "0.1.1"
 description = "a pytest plugin for parallel and concurrent testing"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
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 name = "python-dateutil"
 version = "2.8.2"
 description = "Extensions to the standard Python datetime module"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,>=2.7"
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 name = "python-dotenv"
 version = "1.0.0"
 description = "Read key-value pairs from a .env file and set them as environment variables"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
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@@ -1660,6 +1742,7 @@ cli = ["click (>=5.0)"]
 name = "python-slugify"
 version = "8.0.1"
 description = "A Python slugify application that also handles Unicode"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -1677,6 +1760,7 @@ unidecode = ["Unidecode (>=1.1.1)"]
 name = "pytimeparse"
 version = "1.1.8"
 description = "Time expression parser"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
@@ -1688,6 +1772,7 @@ files = [
 name = "pytz"
 version = "2023.3"
 description = "World timezone definitions, modern and historical"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
@@ -1699,6 +1784,7 @@ files = [
 name = "pywin32"
 version = "306"
 description = "Python for Window Extensions"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
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 version = "6.0.1"
 description = "YAML parser and emitter for Python"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
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 files = [
@@ -1771,6 +1858,7 @@ files = [
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 version = "25.1.1"
 description = "Python bindings for 0MQ"
+category = "dev"
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 name = "referencing"
 version = "0.30.2"
 description = "JSON Referencing + Python"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
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 name = "regex"
 version = "2023.8.8"
 description = "Alternative regular expression module, to replace re."
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
 files = [
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 version = "2.31.0"
 description = "Python HTTP for Humans."
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
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 name = "rpds-py"
 version = "0.9.2"
 description = "Python bindings to Rust's persistent data structures (rpds)"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
@@ -2115,6 +2207,7 @@ files = [
 name = "rsa"
 version = "4.9"
 description = "Pure-Python RSA implementation"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6,<4"
 files = [
@@ -2129,6 +2222,7 @@ pyasn1 = ">=0.1.3"
 name = "six"
 version = "1.16.0"
 description = "Python 2 and 3 compatibility utilities"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*"
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 version = "2.3.0"
 description = "The SQL Linter for Humans"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -2168,6 +2263,7 @@ typing-extensions = "*"
 name = "sqlparse"
 version = "0.4.4"
 description = "A non-validating SQL parser."
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.5"
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 name = "stack-data"
 version = "0.6.2"
 description = "Extract data from python stack frames and tracebacks for informative displays"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
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 name = "tblib"
 version = "2.0.0"
 description = "Traceback serialization library."
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
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 name = "text-unidecode"
 version = "1.3"
 description = "The most basic Text::Unidecode port"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
@@ -2225,6 +2324,7 @@ files = [
 name = "toml"
 version = "0.10.2"
 description = "Python Library for Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=2.6, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*"
 files = [
@@ -2236,6 +2336,7 @@ files = [
 name = "tomli"
 version = "2.0.1"
 description = "A lil' TOML parser"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -2247,6 +2348,7 @@ files = [
 name = "tomlkit"
 version = "0.12.1"
 description = "Style preserving TOML library"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -2258,6 +2360,7 @@ files = [
 name = "tornado"
 version = "6.3.3"
 description = "Tornado is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking library, originally developed at FriendFeed."
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">= 3.8"
 files = [
@@ -2278,6 +2381,7 @@ files = [
 name = "tox"
 version = "3.28.0"
 description = "tox is a generic virtualenv management and test command line tool"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,>=2.7"
 files = [
@@ -2303,6 +2407,7 @@ testing = ["flaky (>=3.4.0)", "freezegun (>=0.3.11)", "pathlib2 (>=2.3.3)", "psu
 name = "tqdm"
 version = "4.66.1"
 description = "Fast, Extensible Progress Meter"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -2323,6 +2428,7 @@ telegram = ["requests"]
 name = "traitlets"
 version = "5.9.0"
 description = "Traitlets Python configuration system"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -2338,6 +2444,7 @@ test = ["argcomplete (>=2.0)", "pre-commit", "pytest", "pytest-mock"]
 name = "typing-extensions"
 version = "4.7.1"
 description = "Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.7+"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -2349,6 +2456,7 @@ files = [
 name = "urllib3"
 version = "2.0.4"
 description = "HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling, file post, and more."
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -2366,6 +2474,7 @@ zstd = ["zstandard (>=0.18.0)"]
 name = "virtualenv"
 version = "20.24.3"
 description = "Virtual Python Environment builder"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -2386,6 +2495,7 @@ test = ["covdefaults (>=2.3)", "coverage (>=7.2.7)", "coverage-enable-subprocess
 name = "wcwidth"
 version = "0.2.6"
 description = "Measures the displayed width of unicode strings in a terminal"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
@@ -2397,6 +2507,7 @@ files = [
 name = "websocket-client"
 version = "1.6.1"
 description = "WebSocket client for Python with low level API options"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -2413,6 +2524,7 @@ test = ["websockets"]
 name = "werkzeug"
 version = "2.3.7"
 description = "The comprehensive WSGI web application library."
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
@@ -2430,6 +2542,7 @@ watchdog = ["watchdog (>=2.3)"]
 name = "wrapt"
 version = "1.15.0"
 description = "Module for decorators, wrappers and monkey patching."
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,>=2.7"
 files = [
@@ -2514,6 +2627,7 @@ files = [
 name = "zipp"
 version = "3.16.2"
 description = "Backport of pathlib-compatible object wrapper for zip files"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fc589f8..6b75f7d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ python = "^3.8, <3.12"
 dbt-core = "^1.5 <1.6"
 pyexasol = "^0.25.0"
 sqlfluff = "^2.0"
+pyyaml = "6.0.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 pylint = "^2.15.8"
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/aliases/test_aliases.py b/tests/functional/adapter/aliases/test_aliases.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9412751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/aliases/test_aliases.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import pytest
+from dbt.tests.adapter.aliases.test_aliases import BaseAliases
+
+MACROS__EXASOL_CAST_SQL = """
+{% macro exasol__string_literal(s) %}
+    TO_CHAR('{{ s }}')
+{% endmacro %}
+"""
+
+MACROS__EXPECT_VALUE_SQL = """
+-- cross-db compatible test, similar to accepted_values
+
+{% test expect_value(model, field, value) %}
+
+select *
+from {{ model }}
+where {{ field }} != '{{ value }}'
+
+{% endtest %}
+"""
+
+
+class TestAliasesExasol(BaseAliases):
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def macros(self):
+        return {
+            "exasol_cast.sql": MACROS__EXASOL_CAST_SQL,
+            "expect_value.sql": MACROS__EXPECT_VALUE_SQL,
+        }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/test_concurrency.py b/tests/functional/adapter/concurrency/test_concurrency.py
similarity index 95%
rename from tests/functional/adapter/test_concurrency.py
rename to tests/functional/adapter/concurrency/test_concurrency.py
index 61f2298..fb115f0 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/test_concurrency.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/concurrency/test_concurrency.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     )
 
 class TestConcurrencyExasol(BaseConcurrency):
-    def test_conncurrency_snowflake(self, project):
+    def test_conncurrency_exasol(self, project):
         run_dbt(["seed", "--select", "seed"])
         results = run_dbt(["run"], expect_pass=False)
         assert len(results) == 7
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/ephemeral/test_ephemeral.py b/tests/functional/adapter/ephemeral/test_ephemeral.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99cfd7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/ephemeral/test_ephemeral.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import pytest
+from dbt.tests.adapter.ephemeral.test_ephemeral import (
+    BaseEphemeralMulti, 
+    BaseEphemeral, 
+    ephemeral_errors__dependent_sql,
+    ephemeral_errors__base__base_sql,
+    ephemeral_errors__base__base_copy_sql
+)
+from dbt.tests.util import run_dbt, check_relations_equal
+
+class TestEphemeralMultiExasol(BaseEphemeralMulti):
+
+    def test_ephemeral_multi_exasol(self, project):
+        run_dbt(["seed"])
+        results = run_dbt(["run"])
+        assert len(results) == 3
+        check_relations_equal(project.adapter, ["SEED", "DEPENDENT", "DOUBLE_DEPENDENT", "SUPER_DEPENDENT"])
+
+class TestEphemeralNestedExasol(BaseEphemeral):
+    pass
+
+class TestEphemeralErrorHandling(BaseEphemeral):
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def models(self):
+        return {
+            "dependent.sql": ephemeral_errors__dependent_sql,
+            "base": {
+                "base.sql": ephemeral_errors__base__base_sql,
+                "base_copy.sql": ephemeral_errors__base__base_copy_sql,
+            },
+        }
+
+    def test_ephemeral_error_handling(self, project):
+        results = run_dbt(["run"], expect_pass=False)
+        assert len(results) == 1
+        assert results[0].status == "skipped"
+        assert "Compilation Error" in results[0].message
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_grants.py b/tests/functional/adapter/grants/test_grants.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/functional/test_grants.py
rename to tests/functional/adapter/grants/test_grants.py
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_merge_exclude_columns.py b/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_merge_exclude_columns.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bf888e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_merge_exclude_columns.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from dbt.tests.adapter.incremental.test_incremental_merge_exclude_columns import (
+    BaseMergeExcludeColumns,
+)
+
+
+class TestMergeExcludeColumns(BaseMergeExcludeColumns):
+    pass
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_on_schema_change.py b/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_on_schema_change.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..101e39e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_on_schema_change.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from dbt.tests.adapter.incremental.test_incremental_on_schema_change import (
+    BaseIncrementalOnSchemaChange,
+)
+
+
+class TestIncrementalOnSchemaChange(BaseIncrementalOnSchemaChange):
+    pass
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_predicates.py b/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_predicates.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afab314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_predicates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import pytest
+from dbt.tests.adapter.incremental.test_incremental_predicates import BaseIncrementalPredicates
+
+
+class TestIncrementalPredicatesDeleteInsertExasol(BaseIncrementalPredicates):
+    pass
+
+
+class TestPredicatesDeleteInsertExasol(BaseIncrementalPredicates):
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def project_config_update(self):
+        return {"models": {"+predicates": ["id != 2"], "+incremental_strategy": "delete+insert"}}
+
+
+class TestIncrementalPredicatesMergeExasol(BaseIncrementalPredicates):
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def project_config_update(self):
+        return {
+            "models": {
+                "+incremental_predicates": ["dbt_internal_dest.id != 2"],
+                "+incremental_strategy": "merge",
+            }
+        }
+
+
+class TestPredicatesMergeExasol(BaseIncrementalPredicates):
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def project_config_update(self):
+        return {
+            "models": {
+                "+predicates": ["dbt_internal_dest.id != 2"],
+                "+incremental_strategy": "merge",
+            }
+        }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_run_result.py b/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_run_result.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fbc4d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_run_result.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+from dbt.tests.util import run_dbt
+from dbt.tests.adapter.basic.test_incremental import (
+    BaseIncremental,
+    BaseIncrementalNotSchemaChange,
+)
+
+
+class TestBaseIncrementalNotSchemaChange(BaseIncrementalNotSchemaChange):
+    pass
+
+
+class TestIncrementalRunResultExasol(BaseIncremental):
+    """Bonus test to verify that incremental models return the number of rows affected"""
+
+    def test_incremental(self, project):
+        # seed command
+        results = run_dbt(["seed"])
+        assert len(results) == 2
+
+        # run with initial seed
+        results = run_dbt(["run", "--vars", "seed_name: base"])
+        assert len(results) == 1
+
+        # run with additions
+        results = run_dbt(["run", "--vars", "seed_name: added"])
+        assert len(results) == 1
+        # verify that run_result is correct
+        rows_affected = results[0].adapter_response["rows_affected"]
+        assert rows_affected == 10, f"Expected 10 rows changed, found {rows_affected}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_incremental.py b/tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_unique_id.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/functional/test_incremental.py
rename to tests/functional/adapter/incremental/test_incremental_unique_id.py
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/persist_docs/test_persist_docs.py b/tests/functional/adapter/persist_docs/test_persist_docs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5feb0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/persist_docs/test_persist_docs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import json
+import os
+
+from dbt.tests.util import run_dbt
+
+from dbt.tests.adapter.persist_docs.test_persist_docs import (
+    BasePersistDocs,
+    BasePersistDocsColumnMissing,
+    BasePersistDocsCommentOnQuotedColumn,
+)
+
+
+class TestPersistDocsExasol(BasePersistDocs):
+
+    def _assert_has_table_comments(self, table_node):
+        table_comment = table_node["metadata"]["comment"]
+        assert table_comment.startswith("Table model description")
+
+        table_id_comment = table_node["columns"]["ID"]["comment"]
+        assert table_id_comment.startswith("id Column description")
+
+        table_name_comment = table_node["columns"]["NAME"]["comment"]
+        assert table_name_comment.startswith("Some stuff here and then a call to")
+
+        self._assert_common_comments(table_comment, table_id_comment, table_name_comment)
+
+    def _assert_has_view_comments(
+        self, view_node, has_node_comments=True, has_column_comments=True
+    ):
+        view_comment = view_node["metadata"]["comment"]
+        if has_node_comments:
+            assert view_comment.startswith("View model description")
+            self._assert_common_comments(view_comment)
+        else:
+            assert not view_comment
+
+        view_id_comment = view_node["columns"]["ID"]["comment"]
+        if has_column_comments:
+            assert view_id_comment.startswith("id Column description")
+            self._assert_common_comments(view_id_comment)
+        else:
+            assert not view_id_comment
+
+        view_name_comment = view_node["columns"]["NAME"]["comment"]
+        assert not view_name_comment
+
+
+class TestPersistDocsColumnMissingExasol(BasePersistDocsColumnMissing):
+    def test_missing_column(self, project):
+        run_dbt(["docs", "generate"])
+        with open("target/catalog.json") as fp:
+            catalog_data = json.load(fp)
+        assert "nodes" in catalog_data
+
+        table_node = catalog_data["nodes"]["model.test.missing_column"]
+        table_id_comment = table_node["columns"]["ID"]["comment"]
+        assert table_id_comment.startswith("test id column description")
+
+
+class TestPersistDocsCommentOnQuotedColumnExasol(BasePersistDocsCommentOnQuotedColumn):
+    pass
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/simple_copy/test_simple_copy.py b/tests/functional/adapter/simple_copy/test_simple_copy.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..deb2635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/simple_copy/test_simple_copy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import pytest
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from dbt.tests.util import run_dbt, rm_file, write_file, check_relations_equal
+
+from dbt.tests.adapter.simple_copy.test_simple_copy import (
+    SimpleCopySetup,
+    SimpleCopyBase,
+    EmptyModelsArentRunBase,
+)
+
+
+
+class TestSimpleCopyBaseExasol(SimpleCopyBase):
+    @pytest.mark.xfail
+    def test_simple_copy_with_materialized_views(self, project):
+        pass
+
+# This return a dictionary of table names to 'view' or 'table' values.
+def exasol_get_tables_in_schema(self):
+    sql = """
+            select object_name,
+                    case when object_type = 'TABLE' then 'table'
+                            when object_type = 'VIEW' then 'view'
+                            else object_type
+                    end as materialization
+            from SYS.EXA_USER_OBJECTS
+            where {}
+            order by object_name
+            """
+    sql = sql.format("{} like '{}'".format("ROOT_NAME", self.test_schema))
+    result = self.run_sql(sql, fetch="all")
+    return {model_name: materialization for (model_name, materialization) in result}
+
+class TestEmptyModelsArentRunExasol(EmptyModelsArentRunBase):
+    def test_dbt_doesnt_run_empty_models(self, project):
+        results = run_dbt(["seed"])
+        assert len(results) == 1
+        results = run_dbt()
+        assert len(results) == 7
+
+        tables = exasol_get_tables_in_schema(self=project)
+
+        assert "empty" not in tables.keys()
+        assert "disabled" not in tables.keys()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/simple_seed/test_simple_seed.py b/tests/functional/adapter/simple_seed/test_simple_seed.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db5a841
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/simple_seed/test_simple_seed.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import pytest
+
+from dbt.tests.adapter.simple_seed.test_seed import SeedConfigBase
+from dbt.tests.util import run_dbt
+
+
+class TestSimpleBigSeedBatchedExasol(SeedConfigBase):
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def seeds(self):
+        seed_data = ["seed_id"]
+        seed_data.extend([str(i) for i in range(20_000)])
+        return {"big_batched_seed.csv": "\n".join(seed_data)}
+
+    def test_big_batched_seed(self, project):
+        seed_results = run_dbt(["seed"])
+        assert len(seed_results) == 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/simple_seed/test_simple_seed_override.py b/tests/functional/adapter/simple_seed/test_simple_seed_override.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..897a581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/simple_seed/test_simple_seed_override.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import pytest, os
+from dbt.tests.adapter.simple_seed.test_seed_type_override import BaseSimpleSeedColumnOverride
+from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.base_utils import run_dbt
+
+_SCHEMA_YML = """
+version: 2
+seeds:
+- name: seed_enabled
+  columns:
+  - name: birthday
+    tests:
+    - column_type:
+        type: VARCHAR(2000000)
+  - name: seed_id
+    tests:
+    - column_type:
+        type: DOUBLE
+
+- name: seed_tricky
+  columns:
+  - name: seed_id
+    tests:
+    - column_type:
+        type: DECIMAL(18,0)
+  - name: seed_id_str
+    tests:
+    - column_type:
+        type: VARCHAR(2000000)
+  - name: a_bool
+    tests:
+    - column_type:
+        type: BOOLEAN
+  - name: looks_like_a_bool
+    tests:
+    - column_type:
+        type: VARCHAR(2000000)
+  - name: a_date
+    tests:
+    - column_type:
+        type: TIMESTAMP
+  - name: looks_like_a_date
+    tests:
+    - column_type:
+        type: VARCHAR(2000000)
+  - name: relative
+    tests:
+    - column_type:
+        type: VARCHAR(2000000)
+  - name: weekday
+    tests:
+    - column_type:
+        type: VARCHAR(2000000)
+""".lstrip()
+
+
+class TestSimpleSeedColumnOverride(BaseSimpleSeedColumnOverride):
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def dbt_profile_target(self):
+        return {
+            "type": "exasol",
+            "threads": 1,
+            "dsn": os.getenv("DBT_DSN", "localhost:8563"),
+            "user": os.getenv("DBT_USER", "sys"),
+            "pass": os.getenv("DBT_PASS", "exasol"),
+            "dbname": "DB",
+            "timestamp_format": "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS.FF6",
+        }
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def schema(self):
+        return "simple_seed"
+
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def models(self):
+        return {"models-exasol.yml": _SCHEMA_YML}
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def seed_enabled_types():
+        return {
+            "seed_id": "DOUBLE PRECISION",
+            "birthday": "VARCHAR(2000000)",
+        }
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def seed_tricky_types():
+        return {
+            "seed_id_str": "VARCHAR(2000000)",
+            "looks_like_a_bool": "VARCHAR(2000000)",
+            "looks_like_a_date": "VARCHAR(2000000)",
+        }
+
+    def test_exasol_simple_seed_with_column_override_exasol(self, project):
+        seed_results = run_dbt(["seed"])
+        assert len(seed_results) == 2
+        test_results = run_dbt(["test"])
+        assert len(test_results) == 10
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/simple_snapshot/test_simple_snapshot.py b/tests/functional/adapter/simple_snapshot/test_simple_snapshot.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddcf505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/simple_snapshot/test_simple_snapshot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+from dbt.tests.adapter.simple_snapshot.test_snapshot import BaseSnapshotCheck, BaseSimpleSnapshot
+from dbt.tests.util import run_dbt
+
+
+class TestSnapshot(BaseSimpleSnapshot):
+    
+    def test_updates_are_captured_by_snapshot(self, project):
+        """
+        Update the last 5 records. Show that all ids are current, but the last 5 reflect updates.
+        """
+        self.update_fact_records(
+            {"updated_at": "updated_at + interval '1' day"}, "id between 16 and 20"
+        )
+        run_dbt(["snapshot"])
+        self._assert_results(
+            ids_with_current_snapshot_records=range(1, 21),
+            ids_with_closed_out_snapshot_records=range(16, 21),
+        )
+
+    def test_new_column_captured_by_snapshot(self, project):
+        """
+        Add a column to `fact` and populate the last 10 records with a non-null value.
+        Show that all ids are current, but the last 10 reflect updates and the first 10 don't
+        i.e. if the column is added, but not updated, the record doesn't reflect that it's updated
+        """
+        self.add_fact_column("full_name", "varchar(200) default null")
+        self.update_fact_records(
+            {
+                "full_name": "first_name || ' ' || last_name",
+                "updated_at": "updated_at + interval '1' day",
+            },
+            "id between 11 and 20",
+        )
+        run_dbt(["snapshot"])
+        self._assert_results(
+            ids_with_current_snapshot_records=range(1, 21),
+            ids_with_closed_out_snapshot_records=range(11, 21),
+        )
+
+
+
+class TestSnapshotCheck(BaseSnapshotCheck):
+    pass
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/store_test_failures_tests/test_store_test_failures.py b/tests/functional/adapter/store_test_failures_tests/test_store_test_failures.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbfb5dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/store_test_failures_tests/test_store_test_failures.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from dbt.tests.adapter.store_test_failures_tests.test_store_test_failures import (
+    TestStoreTestFailures,
+)
+
+
+class TestStoreTestFailuresExasol(TestStoreTestFailures):
+    pass
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diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/test_ephemeral.py b/tests/functional/adapter/test_ephemeral.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a14aa9..0000000
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/test_ephemeral.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import pytest
-from dbt.tests.adapter.ephemeral.test_ephemeral import BaseEphemeralMulti
-from dbt.tests.util import run_dbt, check_relations_equal
-
-class TestEphemeralMultiExasol(BaseEphemeralMulti):
-
-    def test_ephemeral_multi_snowflake(self, project):
-        run_dbt(["seed"])
-        results = run_dbt(["run"])
-        assert len(results) == 3
-        check_relations_equal(project.adapter, ["SEED", "DEPENDENT", "DOUBLE_DEPENDENT", "SUPER_DEPENDENT"])
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