Which version are you using? In my memory 0.8.3 cannot do it correctly but later versions fixed the bug.
從我的 BlackBerry® 無線裝置 -----Original Message----- From: Ramesh S <investt...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:23:29 To: <user@cassandra.apache.org> Reply-To: user@cassandra.apache.org Subject: create super column family for I am trying to create a super column family using Cli command. But I am not getting it. The structure is <<SCF>>ProductCategory <<SuperColumnName>>#ProductType <<RowKey>>#productCatId +subProdName +lenght +width I tried a lot many ways but I can't find the right way to get this done. Something like this give me error - mismatched input 'column' expecting Identifier create column family ProductCategory with column_type = 'Super' and comparator = UTF8Type with column family productCatId WITH comparator = UTF8Type AND key_validation_class=UTF8Type AND column_metadata = [ {column_name: subProdName, validation_class: UTF8Type} {column_name: lenght, validation_class: UTF8Type} {column_name: width, validation_class: UTF8Type} ]; Appreciate any help regards Ramesh