What version are you using ? WIth 1.2.4 …
cqlsh:dev> CREATE TABLE counters ( ... key text, ... value counter, ... PRIMARY KEY (key) ... ) WITH COMPACT STORAGE; cqlsh:dev> describe table counters; CREATE TABLE counters ( key text PRIMARY KEY, value counter ) WITH COMPACT STORAGE AND bloom_filter_fp_chance=0.010000 AND caching='KEYS_ONLY' AND comment='' AND dclocal_read_repair_chance=0.000000 AND gc_grace_seconds=864000 AND read_repair_chance=0.100000 AND replicate_on_write='true' AND populate_io_cache_on_flush='false' AND compaction={'class': 'SizeTieredCompactionStrategy'} AND compression={'sstable_compression': 'SnappyCompressor'}; Cheers ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Cassandra Consultant New Zealand @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 15/04/2013, at 3:58 PM, Kuldeep Mishra <kuld.cs.mis...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > While I creating counter column family a extra column is being added what > I do ? > Table creation script > CREATE TABLE counters ( > key text, > value counter, > PRIMARY KEY (key) > ) WITH COMPACT STORAGE > > after describing column family I am getting following > CREATE TABLE counters ( > key text, > column1 text, > value counter, > PRIMARY KEY (key, column1) > ) WITH COMPACT STORAGE AND > bloom_filter_fp_chance=0.010000 AND > caching='KEYS_ONLY' AND > comment='' AND > dclocal_read_repair_chance=0.000000 AND > gc_grace_seconds=864000 AND > read_repair_chance=0.100000 AND > replicate_on_write='true' AND > compaction={'class': 'SizeTieredCompactionStrategy'} AND > compression={'sstable_compression': 'SnappyCompressor'}; > > extra column column1 is added > > Please help > > -- > Thanks and Regards > Kuldeep Kumar Mishra > +919540965199