Yes. (Please keep these to the user list rather than dev.)
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Frank Yang <fanfranky...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am wondering whether it is possible to not to define the column > metadata when creating a column family, but to specify the column when > client updates data, for example: > > CREATE COLUMN FAMILY products WITH default_validation_class= UTF8Type > AND key_validation_class=UTF8Type AND comparator=UTF8Type; > set products['1001']['brand']= ‘Sony’; > > In other words, we don't want to fix the columns definition when > creating a column family, as we might have to insert new columns into > the column family. Is it possible to achieve it? > > Thanks, > Fan -- Jonathan Ellis Project Chair, Apache Cassandra co-founder of DataStax, the source for professional Cassandra support http://www.datastax.com