thrift is binary protocol, it just happens to support multiple platforms. DataStax Java and C# drivers are also binary, but they are optimized for CQL. For example, the DataStax C# drivers use google protocol buffers, which is a different binary protocol.
the documentation on this stuff hasn't been very good, so people keep asking the same questions again and again. I encourage people to take time and learn about thrift. In the long run, it will make you a better cassandra user/developer. On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Stuart Broad <stu...@moogsoft.com> wrote: > Hopefully this is a valid clarification, rather than a hijack of your > thread! > > How does the binary protocol fit into this? I have not used it but was > told you can implement CQL calls via thrift or via the binary protocol. Is > the binary protocol superior to thrift? > > If you use the binary protocol do you have to use CQL? > > Cheers, > > Stuart > On 17 Dec 2013 14:01, "Peter Lin" <wool...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> That's just mis-information by people that don't understand thrift. >> >> The thrift drivers are still much more mature than the java drivers right >> now. DataStax has stated on multiple occasions thrift isn't going any >> where. CQL is fine if people only want to use SQL-like language. Search the >> cassandra mailing list and you'll see this topic comes up regularly. >> >> My bias perspective is "use thrift" to use 100% of the features that >> Cassandra provides, or use pure CQL and limit yourself to 90%. >> >> The main downside of using pure CQL (ie no thrift) is that once you've >> defined a default type for column values, you can't stick arbitrary data >> into dynamic columns. Cassandra will tell you when you try to insert a Date >> when the default value type is int. Basically, it will throw an exception. >> In contrast, if you use thrift, you can insert what ever type you want and >> have total control over what goes into dynamic columns. >> >> For me, the biggest value of dynamic columns + data types is that I can >> insert what ever I want into dynamic columns and still have the safety net >> of knowing the type. A lot of people are afraid of thrift and don't want to >> dive deep, which is fine. I prefer to understand things at a deep level, >> and use a tool to the fullest extent. >> >> peter >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Daneel Yaitskov < >> rtfm.rtfm.r...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've read some articles about Cassandra and I noticed an opinion that >>> Thrift protocol >>> has some flaws. Thrift should go away in the nearest futures. >>> >>> But I cannot find any reference answering the question why is it so bad? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Daneel S. Yaitskov >>> >> >>
