Makes perfect sense thanks, how can I set the Count limit for an specific Column Family?
On Dec 14, 2010, at 3:47 PM, Peter Schuller wrote: >> Hi i'm using Cassandra 0.6.8 and Fauna, I'm running a batch to populate my >> db and for some reason every time it gets to a 100 records it stops no error >> report or anything apparently it keeps storing but every time I count the >> number of records it stays in a hundred, it is updating two Column Families >> and one is updating fine. >> >> any ideas?? this is driving me crazy!!! > > It sounds like you're counting columns with a maximum row count of 100 > when you're testing how many have been inserted. The cost of counting > rows is similar to the cost of retrieving them, so counts are subject > to the same limits as regular retrievals. You cannot efficiently > perform a count, but if you're willing to take the cost you can submit > a count with a very high count limit in order to get the actual full > count. > > -- > / Peter Schuller