> This is also my first post here :). Cool. +1 for what you said. You can access CQL 3 tables via thrift, see http://thelastpickle.com/2013/01/11/primary-keys-in-cql/
In general through I would not recommend mixing the two techniques for the same table / CF. Cheers ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Cassandra Consultant New Zealand @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 14/05/2013, at 5:11 AM, Faraaz Sareshwala <fsareshw...@quantcast.com> wrote: > This is also my first post here :). > > While CQL3 is recommended for new projects, Thrift isn't going anywhere. You > don't necessarily need to use the binary protocol for CQL3 either. You can > execute CQL3 queries through Thrift. As far as I know, the new binary protocol > is still beta in 1.2. > > Faraaz > > On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 10:31:00PM -0700, Sam Mandes wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> This is my first post here. >> >> I noticed that Cassandra is pushing CQL3 more, it's even recommended to use >> CQL3 for new projects instead of the Thrift API. I know that one can use the >> compact storage to allow backward compatibility. And I know that CQL3 uses >> the >> new binary protocol instead of Thrift now. I believe they both use the same >> storage engine. (I still do not understand why they are incompatible!) >> >> Thus, I was wondering is there is a possible way that I can view the tables >> created with CQL3 in a lower-level view like I used with Thrift? I mean I can >> view the tables as simply CFs, just something to expose the internal >> representation. >> >> Thanks a lot
