Go and look in the data directory on the disk and check if the files still exist there?
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Kirk <k...@mustardgrain.com> wrote: > What does "show schema" show? Is the CF showing up? > > Are the data files for the CF on disk? > > If you poke around with the system CFs, is there any data still present? > > > On 07/17/2012 02:54 PM, sj.climber wrote: > >> Looking for ideas on how to diagnose this issue. I have installed v1.1.2 >> on >> a two-node cluster (the data files loaded, incidentally, were from an >> earlier v1.1.1 2-node setup). While initially I recall being able to >> create/drop column families, I am no longer able to. >> >> Let's say I have column family MyFamily in MyKeyspace. Using >> cassandra-cli, >> I issue: >> [default@unknown] use MyKeyspace; >> Authenticated to keyspace: MyKeyspace >> [default@galaxy_lookups] drop column family MyFamily; >> 27f5c6bc-8cf3-3671-94e6-**9f905be28c35 >> Waiting for schema agreement... >> ... schemas agree across the cluster >> >> However, the column family is still there, either way using "describe" >> from >> within cassandra-cli, or through nodetool cfstats. Moreover, there are no >> errors in the Cassandra logs. >> >> Ideas on what to try next? Thanks! >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: http://cassandra-user-** >> incubator-apache-org.3065146.**n2.nabble.com/Inability-to-** >> drop-column-families-**tp7581297.html<http://cassandra-user-incubator-apache-org.3065146.n2.nabble.com/Inability-to-drop-column-families-tp7581297.html> >> Sent from the >> cassandra-user@incubator.**apache.org<cassandra-u...@incubator.apache.org>mailing >> list archive at Nabble.com. >> > >
