Yup. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-2305
-Jeffrey -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Ellis [mailto:jbel...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 6:19 PM To: user@cassandra.apache.org Subject: Re: understanding tombstones On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Jeffrey Wang <jw...@palantir.com> wrote: > insert row X with timestamp T > delete row X with timestamp T+1 > force flush + compaction > insert row X with timestamp T > > My understanding is that the tombstone created by the delete (and row X) > will disappear with the flush + compaction which means the last insertion > should show up. Right. > I believe I have traced this to the fact that the markedForDeleteAt field on > the ColumnFamily does not get reset after a compaction (after > gc_grace_seconds has passed); is this desirable? I think it introduces an > inconsistency in how tombstoned columns work versus tombstoned CFs. Thanks. That does sound like a bug. Can you create a ticket? -- Jonathan Ellis Project Chair, Apache Cassandra co-founder of DataStax, the source for professional Cassandra support http://www.datastax.com
