From the help for create column family in the CLI… - name: Name of the new column family. Names may only contain letters, numbers and underscores.
The CF name is used as part of a file name that includes other information and the "-" is used as a separator. Cheers ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Developer @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 30/12/2011, at 9:59 AM, Scott Lewis wrote: > Hi Edward, > > On 12/29/2011 12:51 PM, Edward Capriolo wrote: >> I never use '.' or '-' in anything. It tends to get object mapping, >> code generation libraries, and interpreters upset. I just use a-z and >> lower case and know that no one can take that away from me >> (hopefully). > > I don't necessarily disagree with these personal conventions, but on things > like unique names it's my observation that others have other approaches...so > in general I think it's desirable to be as weak on these naming restrictions > as possible at the lower layers. > > Scott > >
