Ah, ok. I checked that in source and the problem is that you wrote "validation_class" but you should "validator_class".
Augi 2011/2/15 Roland Gude <roland.g...@yoochoose.com> > Yeah i know about that, but the definition i have is for a cluster that is > started/stopped from a unit test with hector embeddedServerHelper, which > takes definitions from the yaml. > > So i’d still like to define the index in the yaml file (it should very well > be possible I guess) > > > > > > *Von:* Michal Augustýn [mailto:augustyn.mic...@gmail.com] > *Gesendet:* Dienstag, 15. Februar 2011 15:53 > *An:* user@cassandra.apache.org > *Betreff:* Re: cant seem to figure out secondary index definition > > > > Hi, > > > > if you download Cassandra and look into "conf/cassandra.yaml" then you can > see this: > > > > "this keyspace definition is for demonstration purposes only. Cassandra > will not load these definitions during startup. See > http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/FAQ#no_keyspaces for an explanation." > > > > So you should make all schema-related operation via Thrift/AVRO API, or you > can use Cassandra CLI. > > > > Augi > > > > 2011/2/15 Roland Gude <roland.g...@yoochoose.com> > > Hi, > > > > i am a little puzzled on creation of secondary indexes and the docs in that > area are still very sparse. > > What I am trying to do is – in a columnfamily with TimeUUID comparator, I > want the “special” timeuuid 00000000-0000-1000-0000-000000000000 to be > indexed. The value being some UTF8 string on which I want to perform > equality checks. > > > > What do I need to put in my cassandra.yaml file? > > Something like this? > > > > - column_metadata: [{name: 00000000-0000-1000-0000-000000000000, > validation_class: UTF8Type, index_name: MyIndex, index_type: KEYS}] > > > > This gives me that error: > > > > 15:05:12.492 [pool-1-thread-1] ERROR o.a.c.config.DatabaseDescriptor - > Fatal error: null; Can't construct a java object for > tag:yaml.org,2002:org.apache.cassandra.config.Config; > exception=Cannot create property=keyspaces for > JavaBean=org.apache.cassandra.config.Config@7eb6e2; Cannot create > property=column_families for > JavaBean=org.apache.cassandra.config.RawKeyspace@987a33; Cannot create > property=column_metadata for > JavaBean=org.apache.cassandra.config.RawColumnFamily@716cb7; Cannot create > property=validation_class for > JavaBean=org.apache.cassandra.config.RawColumnDefinition@e29820; Unable to > find property 'validation_class' on class: > org.apache.cassandra.config.RawColumnDefinition > > Bad configuration; unable to start server > > > > > > I am furthermor uncertain if the column name will be correctly used if > given like this. Should I put the byte representation of the uuid there? > > > > Greetings, > > roland > > -- > > YOOCHOOSE GmbH > > > > Roland Gude > > Software Engineer > > > > Im Mediapark 8, 50670 Köln > > > > +49 221 4544151 (Tel) > > +49 221 4544159 (Fax) > > +49 171 7894057 (Mobil) > > > > > > Email: roland.g...@yoochoose.com > > WWW: www.yoochoose.com > > > > YOOCHOOSE GmbH > > Geschäftsführer: Dr. Uwe Alkemper, Michael Friedmann > > Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Köln HRB 65275 > > Ust-Ident-Nr: DE 264 773 520 > > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Köln > > > > >
