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On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 1:19 AM, Eric Stevens <migh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you're creating dynamic columns via Thrift interface, they will not be
> reflected in the CQL3 schema. I would recommend not mixing paradigms like
> that, either stick with CQL3 or Thrift / cassandra-cli. With compact
> storage creates column families which can be interacted with meaningfully
> via Thrift, but you'll be lacking any metadata on those columns to interact
> with them via cql.
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Shahab Yunus <shahab.yu...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> A basic question and it seems that I have a gap in my understanding.
>>
>> I have a simple table in Cassandra with multiple column families. I add
>> new columns to each of these column families on the fly. When I view (using
>> the 'DESCRIBE table' command) the schema of a particular column family, I
>> see only one entry for column (bolded below). What is the reason for that?
>> The column that I am adding have string names and byte values, written
>> using Hector 1.1-3 (
>> HFactory.createColumn(...) method).
>>
>> CREATE TABLE mytable (
>> key text,
>> *column1* ascii,
>> value blob,
>> 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=1.000000 AND
>> replicate_on_write='true' AND
>> populate_io_cache_on_flush='false' AND
>> compaction={'class': 'SizeTieredCompactionStrategy'} AND
>> compression={'sstable_compression': 'SnappyCompressor'};
>>
>> cqlsh 3.0.2
>> Cassandra 1.2.5
>> CQL spec 3.0.0
>> Thrift protocol 19.36.0
>>
>>
>> Given this, I can also only query on this one column1 or value using the
>> 'SELECT' statement.
>>
>> The OpsCenter on the other hand, displays multiple columns as
>> expected. Basically the demarcation of multiple columns i clearer.
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Shahab
>>
>
>
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