My understanding is that support for super columns will remain within the thrift API for the foreseeable future (perhaps indefinitely?) but under the covers, super column families will get transitioned to regular column families with composite column names ( <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-3237> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-3237). If your starting from scratch, this is the approach you should probably take.
Also see the following CQL related: <http://www.mail-archive.com/user@cassandra.apache.org/msg13020.html> http://www.mail-archive.com/user@cassandra.apache.org/msg13020.html <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-2474> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-2474 Dan From: ehers...@gmail.com [mailto:ehers...@gmail.com] Sent: November-18-11 13:40 To: user@cassandra.apache.org Subject: Re: The use of SuperColumns I'm also very curious about this. How deprecated/discouraged are super columns? Are they going to go away? What are the downsides to using them? Ernie On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Dwight Smith <dwight.sm...@alcatel-lucent.com> wrote: There have been mentions that the use of SuperColumns is not really encouraged, recommendation to use composite columns instead. Will SuperColumns be removed. Any comments greatly appreciated. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any files attached may contain confidential and proprietary information of Alcatel-Lucent and/or its affiliated entities. Access by the intended recipient only is authorized. Any liability arising from any party acting, or refraining from acting, on any information contained in this e-mail is hereby excluded. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, destroy the original transmission and its attachments and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Copyright in this e-mail and any attachments belongs to Alcatel-Lucent and/or its affiliated entities. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.920 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/4022 - Release Date: 11/18/11 02:47:00
