insert is insert-or-update. leaving out a column from an update
doesn't delete it, you need to use the remove method for that.
On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 7:41 AM, Moses Dinakaran
<mosesdinaka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a query related to deleting a column inside a super column
>
> The following is my cassandra schema
>
> [cache_pages_key_hash] => Array
> (
> [hash_1] => Array
> (
> [1] => 4c330e95195f9
> [2] => 4c330e951f18b
> [3] => 4c330e9521f3d
> )
>
> )
>
>
> No I wanted to remove the index [1] => 4c330e95195f9 from the
> supercolumn [hash_1]
>
> Through phpCassa I am doing the following
>
> $updatedRecord = array("hash_1" => Array
> (
> 2 => "4c330e951f18b"
> 3 => "4c330e9521f3d"
> )
> )
>
>
> $cassandraInstance->insert('cache_pages_key_hash',$updateRecord );
>
> But while I fetch the record again
>
> I was getting the original records ie the column 1 is not removed from
>
>
> [cache_pages_key_hash] => Array
> (
> [hash_1] => Array
> (
> [1] => 4c330e95195f9
> [2] => 4c330e951f18b
> [3] => 4c330e9521f3d
> )
>
> )
>
>
> But at the same time If I am updating the index 1
>
> ie
> $updateRecord = array("hash_1" => Array
> (
> 1 => ' able to update'
> 2 => "4c330e951f18b"
> 3 => "4c330e9521f3d"
> )
> )
>
> $cassandraInstance->insert('cache_pages_key_hash',$updateRecord );
>
> The records is being updated, Only problem is that deleting dosent happens.
>
> My question is that is this behavior is expected as explained in the article
> Distributed deletes in the Cassandra database
> http://spyced.blogspot.com/2010/02/distributed-deletes-in-cassandra.html
>
> or I am doing wrong.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Moses.
>
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