On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Alaa Zubaidi <alaa.zuba...@pdf.com> wrote: > Hi, > Failing to connect to cassandra client: on windows > > [defa...@unknown] connect localhost/9160 > Exception connecting to localhost/9160. Reason: Connection refused: connect. > > [defa...@unknown] connect xxx.xxx.x.xx/9160 > Syntax error at position 0: no viable alternative at input 'connect' > > [defa...@unknown] connect xxx.xxx.x.xx\9160 > Syntax error at position 20: no viable alternative at character '\' > > Any idea how to connect?
In the first example, are you sure Cassandra was running on port 9160 on your local machine? You could also try cassandra-cli -host hostname -port port e.g. cassandra-cli -host localhost -port 9160 Jim
