And CASSANDRA-10699 seems to be the sub-issue of CASSANDRA-9424 to do that: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-10699
-- Jack Krupansky On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Sebastian Estevez < sebastian.este...@datastax.com> wrote: > Hi Ken, > > Earlier in this thread I posted a link to > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-9424 > > That is the fix for these schema disagreement issues and as ay commented, > the plan is to use CAS. Until then we have to treat schema delicately. > > all the best, > > Sebastián > On Feb 2, 2016 9:48 AM, "Ken Hancock" <ken.hanc...@schange.com> wrote: > >> So this rings odd to me. If you can accomplish the same thing by using a >> CAS operation, why not fix create table if not exist so that if your are >> writing an application that creates the table on startup, that the >> application is safe to run on multiple nodes and uses CAS to safeguard >> multiple concurrent creations? >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Eric Stevens <migh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> There's still a race condition there, because two clients could SELECT >>> at the same time as each other, then both INSERT. >>> >>> You'd be better served with a CAS operation, and let Paxos guarantee >>> at-most-once execution. >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 9:06 AM Francisco Reyes <li...@natserv.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On 01/22/2016 10:29 PM, Kevin Burton wrote: >>>> >>>> I sort of agree.. but we are also considering migrating to hourly >>>> tables.. and what if the single script doesn't run. >>>> >>>> I like having N nodes make changes like this because in my experience >>>> that central / single box will usually fail at the wrong time :-/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 6:47 PM, Jonathan Haddad <j...@jonhaddad.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Instead of using ZK, why not solve your concurrency problem by >>>>> removing it? By that, I mean simply have 1 process that creates all your >>>>> tables instead of creating a race condition intentionally? >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 6:16 PM Kevin Burton <bur...@spinn3r.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Not sure if this is a bug or not or kind of a *fuzzy* area. >>>>>> >>>>>> In 2.0 this worked fine. >>>>>> >>>>>> We have a bunch of automated scripts that go through and create >>>>>> tables... one per day. >>>>>> >>>>>> at midnight UTC our entire CQL went offline.. .took down our whole >>>>>> app. ;-/ >>>>>> >>>>>> The resolution was a full CQL shut down and then a drop table to >>>>>> remove the bad tables... >>>>>> >>>>>> pretty sure the issue was with schema disagreement. >>>>>> >>>>>> All our CREATE TABLE use IF NOT EXISTS.... but I think the IF NOT >>>>>> EXISTS only checks locally? >>>>>> >>>>>> My work around is going to be to use zookeeper to create a mutex lock >>>>>> during this operation. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any other things I should avoid? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> We’re hiring if you know of any awesome Java Devops or Linux >>>>>> Operations Engineers! >>>>>> >>>>>> Founder/CEO Spinn3r.com >>>>>> Location: *San Francisco, CA* >>>>>> blog: <http://burtonator.wordpress.com> >>>>>> http://burtonator.wordpress.com >>>>>> … or check out my Google+ profile >>>>>> <https://plus.google.com/102718274791889610666/posts> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> We’re hiring if you know of any awesome Java Devops or Linux Operations >>>> Engineers! >>>> >>>> Founder/CEO Spinn3r.com >>>> Location: *San Francisco, CA* >>>> blog: <http://burtonator.wordpress.com>http://burtonator.wordpress.com >>>> … or check out my Google+ profile >>>> <https://plus.google.com/102718274791889610666/posts> >>>> >>>> >>>> One way to accomplish both, a single process doing the work and having >>>> multiple machines be able to do it, is to have a control table. >>>> >>>> You can have a table that lists what tables have been created and force >>>> concistency all. In this table you list the names of tables created. If a >>>> table name is in there, it doesn't need to be created again. >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Ken Hancock *| System Architect, Advanced Advertising >> SeaChange International >> 50 Nagog Park >> Acton, Massachusetts 01720 >> ken.hanc...@schange.com | www.schange.com | NASDAQ:SEAC >> <http://www.schange.com/en-US/Company/InvestorRelations.aspx> >> Office: +1 (978) 889-3329 | [image: Google Talk:] ken.hanc...@schange.com >> | [image: Skype:]hancockks | [image: Yahoo IM:]hancockks [image: >> LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/kenhancock> >> >> [image: SeaChange International] >> <http://www.schange.com/> >> This e-mail and any attachments may contain information which is >> SeaChange International confidential. The information enclosed is intended >> only for the addressees herein and may not be copied or forwarded without >> permission from SeaChange International. >> >