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create column family student with comparator = 'AsciiType' and column_metadata = [{ column_name : name, validation_class : 'AsciiType' }]; * use compatator instead of coluimn_type. * closing ' missing Cheers ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Developer @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 28/03/2012, at 12:41 AM, puneet loya wrote: > > create column family student > with column_type = 'AsciiType' > and column_metadata = > [{ > column_name : name, > validation_class : 'AsciiType > }]; > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Guy Incognito <dnd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > why don't you show us the command you're actually trying to run? > > > On 27/03/2012 08:52, puneet loya wrote: >> >> I m using cassandra 1.0.8.. >> >> Please reply >> >> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 12:28 PM, R. Verlangen <ro...@us2.nl> wrote: >> Not sure about that, what version of Cassandra are you using? Maybe someone >> else here knows how to solve this.. >> >> >> 2012/3/27 puneet loya <puneetl...@gmail.com> >> ya had created with UTF8Type before.. It gave the same error. >> >> On executing help assume command it is giving 'utf8' as a type. >> >> so can i use comparator='utf8' or not?? >> >> >> Please reply >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:17 PM, R. Verlangen <ro...@us2.nl> wrote: >> You should use the full type names, e.g. >> >> create column family MyColumnFamily with comparator=UTF8Type; >> >> >> 2012/3/26 puneet loya <puneetl...@gmail.com> >> It is giving errors like " Unable to find abstract-type class >> 'org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.utf8' " >> >> and java.lang.RuntimeException: >> org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.MarshalException: cannot parse 'catalogueId' >> as hex bytes >> >> where catalogueId is a column that has utf8 as its data type. they may be >> just synactical errors.. >> >> Please suggest if u can help me out on dis?? >> >> >> >> -- >> With kind regards, >> >> Robin Verlangen >> www.robinverlangen.nl >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> With kind regards, >> >> Robin Verlangen >> www.robinverlangen.nl >> >> > >