http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/FAQ#range_ghosts
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 6:35 AM, Phil Stanhope <pstanh...@wimba.com> wrote: > I understand that tombstones are internal implementation detail ... yet, the > fact remains in 0.6.2 that a key/col creation followed by a delete of the > key/col will result in the key being returned in a get_range_slices call. If > the CF is flushed and compacted (after GCGraceSeconds), the key will not be > returned in the get_range_slices call. > David ... is this what you are referring to? > Is there anyway to tell get_range_slices to return only keys that have a > (any) column? > -phil > On Jul 1, 2010, at 9:03 AM, David Boxenhorn wrote: > > Great! Thanks! > > > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Jonathan Ellis <jbel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Tombstones are internal to Cassandra and are never sent to the client. >> >> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 2:20 AM, David Boxenhorn <da...@lookin2.com> wrote: >> > I recently learned that when I get a key, I might get a tombstone. >> > >> > How can I know if a returned key is a tombstone? (I need to ignore them >> > for >> > my application.) >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Jonathan Ellis >> Project Chair, Apache Cassandra >> co-founder of Riptano, the source for professional Cassandra support >> http://riptano.com > > > -- Jonathan Ellis Project Chair, Apache Cassandra co-founder of Riptano, the source for professional Cassandra support http://riptano.com
