I personally prefer to use the name "keyspace", because it avoids the
confusion between the "database software/server" and the "collection of
tables in a database". "An SQL database" can mean different things in
different contexts, but "a Cassandra keyspace" always mean the same thing.
On 04/04/2023 16:48, Mike Adamson wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to propose that we add DATABASE to the CQL grammar as an
alternative to KEYSPACE.
Background: While TABLE was introduced as an alternative for
COLUMNFAMILY in the grammar we have kept KEYSPACE for the container
name for a group of tables. Nearly all traditional SQL databases use
DATABASE as the container name for a group of tables so it would make
sense for Cassandra to adopt this naming as well.
KEYSPACE would be kept in the grammar but we would update some logging
and documentation to encourage use of the new name.
Mike Adamson
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