I just started with cassandra. Currently I'm reading the following tutorial about cal: http://www.datastax.com/docs/1.1/dml/using_cql#use-cql
But I already fail when trying to create a keyspace: $ ./cqlsh --cql3 Connected to Test Cluster at localhost:9160. [cqlsh 2.3.0 | Cassandra 1.2.0 | CQL spec 3.0.0 | Thrift protocol 19.35.0] Use HELP for help. cqlsh> CREATE KEYSPACE demodb WITH strategy_class = 'SimpleStrategy' AND strategy_options:replication_factor='1'; Bad Request: line 1:82 mismatched input ':' expecting '=' Perhaps you meant to use CQL 2? Try using the -2 option when starting cqlsh. What is wrong?