Isn't this sort of heading on the slippery slope of things that weigh you down? It was my understanding that Cassandra was "stick to your core competency" sort of database that really wanted to leave such utilities external. At its core was "get and put". Did I miss something in my reading of intent? -Sarah
-----Original Message----- From: Aaron Turner [mailto:synfina...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 8:25 AM To: user@cassandra.apache.org Subject: Re: Second Cassandra users survey 1. Basic SQL-like summary transforms for both CQL and Thrift API clients like: SUM AVG MIN MAX