Very cool stuff, thanks for the info Dave, I will give this a shot...

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Dave Viner <davevi...@pobox.com> wrote:

> Check out step 4 of this page:
> https://wiki.fourkitchens.com/display/PF/Using+Cassandra+with+PHP
>
> ./compiler/cpp/thrift -gen php
> ../PATH-TO-CASSANDRA/interface/cassandra.thrift
>
> That is how to compile the thrift client from the cassandra bindings. Just
> replace the "php" with the language of your choosing. According to
> http://wiki.apache.org/thrift/, "Thrift has generators for C++, C#,
> Erlang, Haskell, Java, Objective C/Cocoa, OCaml, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby,
> and Squeak"
>
> HTH
> Dave Viner
>
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 6:05 PM, GH <gavan.h...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> To be honest I do not know how to regenerate the binidings, I will look
>> into that.
>> ollowing your email, I went on and took the unit test code and created a
>> client. Given that this code works I am guessing that the thrift bindings
>> are in place and it is more that the client code does not support the new
>> functions yet.
>> I might be off track and don't know if there it is appropriate for someone
>> as new to this as I am to make changes to the client and submit them
>> (especially if some one else is already doing that). I could do that, if it
>> helped the group.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 2:12 AM, Benjamin Black <b...@b3k.us> wrote:
>>
>>> I updated the Ruby client to 0.7, but I am not a Cassandra committer
>>> (and not much of a Java guy), so haven't touched the Java client.  Is
>>> there more to it than regenerating Thrift bindings?
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 1:42 AM, GH <gavan.h...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > They are not complicated, its more that they are not in the package
>>> that
>>> > they should be in.
>>> > I assume the client package exposes the functionality of the server and
>>> it
>>> > does not have the ability to manage the tables in the database that to
>>> me
>>> > seems to be extremely limiting.
>>> > When I did not see that code in place I assume that it is not complete
>>> or
>>> > that I have not got the right code drop.
>>> > From your commetns it sounds like you don't support the Java client
>>> code
>>> > base in line with the ruby code. Which I think is limiting but is just
>>> the
>>> > way it is.
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Benjamin Black <b...@b3k.us> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> I guess I don't understand what is so complicated about the schema
>>> >> management calls that numerous examples are needed.
>>> >>
>>> >> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 4:43 AM, GH <gavan.h...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> > Hi,
>>> >> > My problem is that I cannot locate Java equivalents to the api calls
>>> you
>>> >> > present in the ruby files you have presented. They are not visible
>>> in
>>> >> > the
>>> >> > java client packages I have (My code is not that old of trunk).
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I located the code below from some of the unit test code files....
>>> This
>>> >> > code
>>> >> > will have to be refactored to create a test.
>>> >> > This is all I could find and it seems that there must be better
>>> client
>>> >> > examples than this.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I expected to see client code in the  org.apache.cassandra.cli
>>> package
>>> >> > but
>>> >> > there was nothing there. (I searched all of the code for calls to
>>> these
>>> >> > API's in the end)
>>> >> > Where should I be looking to get proper Java code samples ?
>>> >> > Regards
>>> >> > Gavan
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Here is what I was about to refactor...
>>> >> >
>>> >> > TSocket socket = new
>>> >> > TSocket(DatabaseDescriptor.getListenAddress().getHostName(),
>>> >> > DatabaseDescriptor.getRpcPort());
>>> >> >
>>> >> > TTransport transport;
>>> >> >
>>> >> > transport = socket;
>>> >> >
>>> >> > TBinaryProtocol binaryProtocol = new TBinaryProtocol(transport,
>>> false,
>>> >> > false);
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Cassandra.Client cassandraClient = new
>>> Cassandra.Client(binaryProtocol);
>>> >> >
>>> >> > transport.open();
>>> >> >
>>> >> > thriftClient = cassandraClient;
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Set<String> keyspaces = thriftClient.describe_keyspaces();
>>> >> >
>>> >> > if (!keyspaces.contains(KEYSPACE))
>>> >> >
>>> >> > {
>>> >> >
>>> >> > List<CfDef> cfDefs = new ArrayList<CfDef>();
>>> >> >
>>> >> > thriftClient.system_add_keyspace(new KsDef(KEYSPACE,
>>> >> > "org.apache.cassandra.locator.RackUnawareStrategy", 1, cfDefs));
>>> >> >
>>> >> > }
>>> >> >
>>> >> > thriftClient.set_keyspace(KEYSPACE);
>>> >> >
>>> >> > CfDef cfDef = new CfDef(KEYSPACE, COLUMN_FAMILY);
>>> >> >
>>> >> > try
>>> >> >
>>> >> > {
>>> >> >
>>> >> > thriftClient.system_add_column_family(cfDef);
>>> >> >
>>> >> > }
>>> >> >
>>> >> > catch (InvalidRequestException e)
>>> >> >
>>> >> > {
>>> >> >
>>> >> > throw new RuntimeException(e);
>>> >> >
>>> >> > }
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Benjamin Black <b...@b3k.us> wrote:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> http://github.com/fauna/cassandra/tree/master/lib/cassandra/0.7/
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Unclear to me what problems you are experiencing.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 2:27 PM, GH <gavan.h...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> >> > Hi Dop,
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > Do you have any code on dynamically creating KeySpace and
>>> >> >> > ColumnFamily.
>>> >> >> > Currently I was all but creating a new client to do that which
>>> seems
>>> >> >> > to
>>> >> >> > be
>>> >> >> > the wrong way.
>>> >> >> > If you have something that works that will put me on the right
>>> track
>>> >> >> > I
>>> >> >> > hope.
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > Gavan
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:41 AM, Dop Sun <su...@dopsun.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> Based on current source codes in the head, moving from 0.6.x to
>>> 0.7,
>>> >> >> >> means
>>> >> >> >> some code changes in the client side (other than server side
>>> >> >> >> changes,
>>> >> >> >> like
>>> >> >> >> storage_conf.xml).
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> Something like:
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> 1.       New Clock class instead of timestamp: this may be
>>> trivia,
>>> >> >> >> but
>>> >> >> >> it
>>> >> >> >> takes some time to change
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> 2.       Moving key space out of the API
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> 3.       Key changed from string to byte
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> 4.       Some API change, like get_count
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> I’m still exploring the changes since I’m working on a Java
>>> client
>>> >> >> >> for
>>> >> >> >> Cassandra. There should be longer list than what I have
>>> discovered.
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> But, 0.7 is really good. I love the one can dynamically create
>>> Key
>>> >> >> >> Space
>>> >> >> >> and Column Family. Also, I love the key to be a byte array
>>> instead
>>> >> >> >> of
>>> >> >> >> string.
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> Enjoy the migrating. J
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> Dop
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> From: GH [mailto:gavan.h...@gmail.com]
>>> >> >> >> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 8:42 PM
>>> >> >> >> To: user@cassandra.apache.org
>>> >> >> >> Subject: Is anyone using version 0.7 schema update API
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> I want to move on to 0.7 using this API rather than
>>> storage-conf.xml
>>> >> >> >> conversion.
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> Any info that you can advise on how you used it would be much
>>> >> >> >> appreciated.
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> Thanks
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> Gavan
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
>

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