When we speak of "binary protocol", we talk about the protocol introduced in Cassandra 1.2 that is an alternative to thrift for CQL3. It's a custom, binary, protocol, that has not link to thrift whatsoever.
That protocol is defined by the document here: https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=blob_plain;f=doc/native_protocol_v1.spec;hb=HEAD Of course, this is just a protocol, and unless you have the time and willingness to write a proper library using that protocol, you should just use an existing driver implementing it. If you are using Java (some of your example above seems to be in Java), then you could for instance pick https://github.com/datastax/java-driver. If you're not using java, then well, since said protocol is fairly recent, there isn't an existing driver for every languages, but a bunch of drivers are in the work. That being said, I'm not saying you *should* use a driver that uses the binary protocol, just that at least for exceptions handling, said binary protocol has a slightly cleaner handling of them than what's available through thrift. I'll not that even if you do want to use thrift, it's usually advised to use a high level client rather than raw thrift. Unless you have no choice or like suffering that is. -- Sylvain On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Stuart Broad <stu...@moogsoft.com> wrote: > Hi Edward, > > My understanding was that thrift supports a number of protocols (binary > being one of them). I don't understand what switching to "binary protocol" > but not using thrift means. Can you point me to any code examples? > > Regards, > > Stuart > > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Edward Capriolo <edlinuxg...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Having to catch the exception and parse it is a bit ugly, however this is >> close to what someone might do with an SQLException to determine if the >> error was transient etc. If there is an error code it is possible that it >> could be added as an optional property of the InvalidRequestException in >> future versions. >> >> Switching to the "binany protocol" is not a method in thrift, it means >> your not using thrift at all. >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Stuart Broad <stu...@moogsoft.com>wrote: >> >>> Hi Edward, >>> >>> Thanks for your reply - I was already using the prepare/execute cql >>> methods that you suggested. My problem is that these methods 'mask' the >>> PreparedQueryNotFoundException as an InvalidRequestException. At present I >>> catch the InvalidRequestException (when cassandra has been re-started) and >>> check the message text to figure out if I need to rebuild the prepared >>> queries (rather than building each time I call). >>> >>> Sylvain had suggested that I use the binary protocol as the exceptions >>> are more explicit so I am trying to determine how this can be done (I don't >>> see any obvious methods other than the cql ones for calling prepared >>> statements). >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Stuart >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Edward Capriolo >>> <edlinuxg...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Thrift has a prepare_cql call which returns an ID. Then it has an >>>> exececute_cql call which takes the id and a map or variable bindings. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Stuart Broad <stu...@moogsoft.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I just realised that the binary protocol is the low-level thrift api >>>>> that I was originally using (Cassandra.Client>> get / insert ...). How >>>>> can >>>>> a prepared statement be called through the thrift api (i.e. not the cql >>>>> methods)? >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Stuart >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Stuart Broad <stu...@moogsoft.com>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Sylvain, >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for your response. I am handling the >>>>>> 'PreparedQueryNotFoundException' more for the case of a cassandra >>>>>> re-start >>>>>> (rather then expecting to build 100000 statements). >>>>>> >>>>>> I am not familiar with the binary protocol - which class/methods >>>>>> should I look at? >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Stuart >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Sylvain Lebresne < >>>>>> sylv...@datastax.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> In thrift, a lot of exceptions (like PreparedQueryNotFoundException) >>>>>>> are simply returned as InvalidRequestException. The reason for that was >>>>>>> a >>>>>>> mix of not wanting to change the thrift API too much and because we >>>>>>> didn't >>>>>>> knew how to return a lot of different exception with thrift without >>>>>>> making >>>>>>> it horrible to work with. So you'll probably have to parse strings here >>>>>>> indeed. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This will be cleaner/less fragile if you use the binary protocol as >>>>>>> exceptions are more fined grained there. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Though taking a step back (and without saying that you shouldn't >>>>>>> handle the case where a query is not prepared on the node you contact), >>>>>>> if >>>>>>> you're really considering preparing more than 100000 statements, I'd >>>>>>> suggest that it might be worth benchmarking whether using prepared >>>>>>> statements in your case is really going to be worth the trouble. Just >>>>>>> saying. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Sylvain >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Stuart Broad >>>>>>> <stu...@moogsoft.com>wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Sorin, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The PreparedQueryNotFoundException is not thrown from >>>>>>>> Cassandra.Client>>execute_prepared_cql3_query method. I created some >>>>>>>> prepared statements and then re-started cassandra and received the >>>>>>>> following exception: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> InvalidRequestException(why: Prepared query with ID 1124421588 not >>>>>>>> found (either the query was not prepared on this host (maybe the host >>>>>>>> has >>>>>>>> been restarted?) or you have prepared more than 100000 queries and >>>>>>>> queries >>>>>>>> 1124421588 has been evicted from the internal cache)) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The best I have been able to come up with is the following: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> try { >>>>>>>> client.execute_prepared_cql3_query(psId, >>>>>>>> bindValues, ..); >>>>>>>> } catch (InvalidRequestException invEx) { >>>>>>>> String why = invEx.getWhy(); >>>>>>>> CLogger.logger().warning(why); >>>>>>>> if(why.startsWith("Prepared query with ID")) { >>>>>>>> rebuildPreparedStatement(preparedStatement); >>>>>>>> client.execute_prepared_cql3_query(psId, >>>>>>>> bindValues, ..); >>>>>>>> } else { >>>>>>>> throw invEx; >>>>>>>> } >>>>>>>> } >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Obviously this is pretty fragile and would break if the cassandra >>>>>>>> message was changed...but it least it works for now! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Stuart >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Sorin Manolache <sor...@gmail.com >>>>>>>> > wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 2013-04-19 13:57, Stuart Broad wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I am using Cassandra.Client >>>>>>>>>> prepare_cql3_query/execute_**prepared_cql3_query to create and >>>>>>>>>> run some >>>>>>>>>> prepared statements. It is working well but I am unclear as to >>>>>>>>>> how long >>>>>>>>>> the server side 'caches' the prepared statements. Should a >>>>>>>>>> prepared >>>>>>>>>> statement be prepared for every new Cassandra.Client? Based on my >>>>>>>>>> limited testing it seems like I can create some prepared >>>>>>>>>> statements in >>>>>>>>>> one Cassandra.Client and use in another but I am not sure how >>>>>>>>>> reliable/lasting this is i.e. If I called the prepared statement >>>>>>>>>> again >>>>>>>>>> the next day would it still exist? What about if cassandra was >>>>>>>>>> re-started? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> _Background:_ >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I am creating prepared statements for batch updates of pre-defined >>>>>>>>>> lengths (e.g. 10000, 1000, 500, 250, 50, 10, 1) and wanted to >>>>>>>>>> know if >>>>>>>>>> these could just be set up once. We felt that using the prepared >>>>>>>>>> statements was easier than escaping values within a CQL statement >>>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>>> probably more performant. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance for your help. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I've looked in Cassandra's code (v1.2.3). The cache of prepared >>>>>>>>> statements has a size of 100,000. So if you prepare more than 100 >>>>>>>>> thousand >>>>>>>>> statements, the least recently used ones will vanish. You'll get the >>>>>>>>> exception PreparedQueryNotFoundException**, code 0x2500. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>> Sorin >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
