On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 1:53 AM, Todd Nine <t...@spidertracks.com> wrote: > Hi Sylvain, > Could you share the command you used to create the CF with the > pre-defined aliases? I'm constantly receiving this error when I use the > following command. > > Syntax error at position 63: missing EOF at '(' > > > create column family test2 with > comparator=DynamicCompositeType(a=>AsciiType,b=>BytesType,i=>IntegerType,x=>LexicalUUIDType,l=>LongType,t=>TimeUUIDType,s=>UTF8Type,u=>UUIDType,A=>AsciiType(reversed=true),B=>BytesType(reversed=true),I=>IntegerType(reversed=true),X=>LexicalUUIDType(reversed=true),L=>LongType(reversed=true),T=>TimeUUIDType(reversed=true),S=>UTF8Type(reversed=true),U=>UUIDType(reversed=true)) > and key_validation_class=AsciiType and default_validation_class=AsciiType; > > I'll keep digging. I have a it's most likely a disconnect between the > serialization of the type aliases on the client and the treatment of > aliases in Cassandra.
I think you're missing quotes. Try comparator='DynamicCompositeType(a=>AsciiType,b=>BytesType,...)'. That worked for me. -- Sylvain > > > Thanks, > Todd > > > On Thu, 2011-08-11 at 10:57 +0200, Sylvain Lebresne wrote: > >> I've tried using the longer values (converted as hex, so respectively >> 0000012D3FDFA400 and 0000012D4E52B800, since that is what >> the CLI can understand) and with the exact DynamicCompositeType >> declaration above (almost exact, I've fixed DynamicComposite -> >> DynamicCompositeType). I've tried with and without actually using >> the aliases (that is, I tried with the aliases declared but without using >> them in the values I sent). I always got the right. I really think this >> is on the hector side at this point. >> >> >> When performing the range scan for my test the method >> >> "getColumnComparator" on line 106 of the SliceQueryFilter is invoked. >> >> It's using the BytesType comparator, so it is comparing the second >> >> component. >> >> Well, maybe the problem is when you declare the column family then. >> Are you set you correctly set the DynamicCompositeType when you >> create the column family (check with the CLI maybe, using describe keyspace). >> >> Because the getColumnComparator should return the DynamicCompositeType, >> not BytesType. The comparison of the different component is done internally >> in DynamicCompositeType. >> >> >> However, the "reversed" boolean flag is set to false, so it's not >> >> correctly utilizing the columeReverseComparator instance when >> >> performing range scans. >> >> This is right, because the slice query itself is not reversed. Again, the >> comparison is internal to DynamicCompositeType that will use the ReverseType >> comparator to compare the second component. >> >> -- >> Sylvain >> >> >> This seems to be a disconnect between when a column is specified as >> >> "reversed" in the component itself, and reversed is specified in the >> >> range query. For each component, wouldn't you need to do this? >> >> >> >> reversed = user reversed ^ composite reversed >> >> >> >> This is the table I came up with for range scanning. True is forward, >> >> false is reverse >> >> >> >> User Component Scan direction >> >> false false false >> >> false true true >> >> true false true >> >> true true false >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> todd >> >> CHIEF SOFTWARE ENGINEER >> >> >> >> todd nine| spidertracks ltd | 117a the square >> >> po box 5203 | palmerston north 4441 | new zealand >> >> P: +64 6 353 3395 >> >> E: t...@spidertracks.co.nz W: www.spidertracks.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 12:26 +0200, Sylvain Lebresne wrote: >> >> > Well, this seem to be on the hector side. >> >> > >> >> > I've tried the same example using the CLI, and: >> >> > >> >> > [default@unknown] create keyspace test; >> >> > 642e6f90-c336-11e0-0000-242d50cf1fd5 >> >> > Waiting for schema agreement... >> >> > ... schemas agree across the cluster >> >> > [default@unknown] use test; >> >> > Authenticated to keyspace: test >> >> > [default@test] create column family foobar with >> >> > comparator=DynamicCompositeType and key_validation_class=AsciiType and >> >> > default_validation_class=AsciiType; >> >> > 40032380-c337-11e0-0000-242d50cf1fd5 >> >> > Waiting for schema agreement... >> >> > ... schemas agree across the cluster >> >> > [default@test] set >> >> > foobar[k]['UTF8Type@jeans:BytesType(reversed=true)@1'] = a; >> >> > Value inserted. >> >> > [default@test] get foobar[k]; >> >> > => (column=UTF8Type@jeans:BytesType(reversed=true)@01, value=a, >> >> > timestamp=1312970389512000) >> >> > Returned 1 results. >> >> > [default@test] set >> >> > foobar[k]['UTF8Type@jeans:BytesType(reversed=true)@2'] = a; >> >> > Value inserted. >> >> > [default@test] get foobar[k]; >> >> > => (column=UTF8Type@jeans:BytesType(reversed=true)@02, value=a, >> >> > timestamp=1312970410712000) >> >> > => (column=UTF8Type@jeans:BytesType(reversed=true)@01, value=a, >> >> > timestamp=1312970389512000) >> >> > Returned 2 results. >> >> > >> >> > Now, the last query is not exactly the one you do, since it does a full >> >> > row >> >> > query but the CLI don't support setting the start and end of a slice. >> >> > However, >> >> > I have tried hard-coding the exact query into the CLI (with >> >> > start='UTF8Type@jeans' >> >> > and end='UTF8Type@jeans:!'), and it still returns the columns in the >> >> > columns >> >> > in the right order (with the biggest second component first). >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Sylvain >> >> > >> >> > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Todd Nine <t...@spidertracks.com> >> >> > wrote: >> >> > > Hi guys, >> >> > > I've been dealing with a problem in my JPA plugin for a couple days >> >> > > now. I've been able to create a native test in 0.8.2 that reproduces >> >> > > the issue. Here is the test. >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > https://gist.github.com/3ce70eab8102d2555626 >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > Essentially, here is what is happening. >> >> > > >> >> > > A dynamic composite with the following ordering is created in a column >> >> > > >> >> > > UTF8Type+BytesType(reversed= >> >> > > true). >> >> > > >> >> > > 2 columns are then inserted, without composite encoding, these are >> >> > > the 2 values >> >> > > >> >> > > "jeans" + 1293840000000L >> >> > > >> >> > > "jeans" + 1294099200000L >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > Here are the byte values (with spaces added to make the encoding of >> >> > > the composite easier to read) The format is 4 byte comparator, 4 byte >> >> > > length, n field bytes, 1 byte comparator, then repeats >> >> > > >> >> > > Inserted: >> >> > > >> >> > > 8073 0005 6a65616e73 00 8042 0008 0000012d4b889b80 00 >> >> > > 8073 0005 6a65616e73 00 8042 0008 0000012d3c158780 00 >> >> > > >> >> > > Query start >> >> > > >> >> > > 8073 0005 6a65616e73 00 >> >> > > >> >> > > Query end >> >> > > >> >> > > 8073 0005 6a65616e73 01 >> >> > > >> >> > > Returned from Hector Results >> >> > > >> >> > > 8073 0005 6a65616e73 00 8042 0008 0000012d3c158780 00 >> >> > > 8073 0005 6a65616e73 00 8042 0008 0000012d4b889b80 00 >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > Given that the first value is sorted normally, and the second value is >> >> > > reversed, I would expect the higher long value to appear before the >> >> > > lower one (the longs are dates) when the first value in the composite >> >> > > is equal. Is this the expected behavior, or is this a bug? >> >> > > >> >> > > Thanks, >> >> > > Todd >> >> > > >> > >> > >