This is quite a different subject and the question has already been asked a few days ago (December, 1) : http://www.mail-archive.com/user@cassandra.apache.org/msg19083.html
Anyways, you can test it by yourself changing the name of the column family. I don't know more about it by myself. Alain 2011/12/11 Michael Vaknine <micha...@citypath.com> > Hi,**** > > I have a keyspace called Index.**** > > ** ** > > I am trying to create it when I create a new cluster from the script that > was created on the old cluster.**** > > ** ** > > create keyspace Index**** > > with placement_strategy = 'SimpleStrategy'**** > > and strategy_options = {replication_factor : 3**** > > and durable_writes = true;**** > > ** ** > > I get an error**** > > ** ** > > [default@City] create keyspace Index**** > > ... with placement_strategy = 'SimpleStrategy'**** > > ... and strategy_options = {replication_factor : 3}**** > > ... and durable_writes = true;**** > > Syntax error at position 16: mismatched input 'Index' expecting set null** > ** > > ** ** > > My question is**** > > Is Index a reserved word?**** > > How can I create this keyspace? I tried 'Index' and "Index" but I still > get the error and I am not able to create it.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks**** > > Michael**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Alain RODRIGUEZ [mailto:arodr...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, December 08, 2011 11:52 AM > *To:* user@cassandra.apache.org > *Subject:* Re: Schematool**** > > ** ** > > You should be able to use the CLI "show schema yourkeyspace" if your > cassandra is recent enough ( >= 0.8 if I remember well. I think it is > better if you are in 0.8.7 because this command was fixed a couple of times > in 8.6 and 8.7).**** > > ** ** > > You can put the "show schema" command into a file and call it with : > "cassandra-cli -h yourhost -f yourfile > 20111208schema" then open your > output file and remove the 2 or 3 useless lines that are written before > "create yourkeyspace".**** > > ** ** > > Hope this will be helpful.**** > > ** ** > > Alain**** > > ** ** > > 2011/12/8 Michael Vaknine <micha...@citypath.com>**** > > Hi, > > Since schematool has been removed from Cassandra is there a way to extract > the schema from a working cluster in order to create a new empty cluster? > > Thanks > Michael > > **** > > ** ** >