Yes, that is a known weakness of the current cli interface to column_metadata.
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Yueyu Fu <yu...@patrec.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to add a new secondary index on a CF which already have a > secondary index by calling "update column family". > > But the CF was left with just the new secondary index and the old index > disappeared. AFAIK, the only way to keep both indices was to include the old > secondary index in the update command. > > Is this the desired way to add more secondary indices? > > Thanks, > Yueyu > > > > -- Jonathan Ellis Project Chair, Apache Cassandra co-founder of DataStax, the source for professional Cassandra support http://www.datastax.com