So the empty row will be ultimately removed then? Is there a way to for the GC to verify this?
Thanks, -Kal On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 2:21 AM, Stu Hood <stuh...@gmail.com> wrote: > The expired columns were converted into tombstones, which will live for the > GC timeout. The "empty" row will be cleaned up when those tombstones are > removed. > Returning the empty row is unfortunate... we'd love to find a more > appropriate solution that might not involve endless scanning. > See > http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/FAQ#i_deleted_what_gives > http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/FAQ#range_ghosts > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Kallin Nagelberg > <kallin.nagelb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I also tried forcing a major compaction on the column family using JMX >> but the row remains. >> >> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Kallin Nagelberg >> <kallin.nagelb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I tried that but I still see the row coming back on a list >> > <columnfamily> in the CLI. My concern is that there will be a pointer >> > to an empty row for all eternity. >> > >> > -Kal >> > >> > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Aaron Morton <aa...@thelastpickle.com> >> > wrote: >> >> Deleting all the columns in a row via TTL has the same affect as >> >> deleting th >> >> row, the data will physically by removed during compaction. >> >> >> >> Aaron >> >> >> >> >> >> On 08 Feb, 2011,at 10:24 AM, Bill Speirs <bill.spe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> I don't think this is supported (but I could be completely wrong). >> >> However, I'd love to see this functionality as well. >> >> >> >> How would one go about requesting such a feature? >> >> >> >> Bill- >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Kallin Nagelberg >> >> <kallin.nagelb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hey, >> >>> >> >>> I have read about the new TTL columns in Cassandra 0.7. In my case I'd >> >>> like to expire an entire row automatically after a certain amount of >> >>> time. Is this possible as well? >> >>> >> >>> Thanks, >> >>> -Kal >> >>> >> >> >> > > >
