If you issue "DELETE my_table WHERE partition_key = xxx" Cassandra will create a "row tomstone" and not one tombstone per column, fortunately
On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Jens Rantil <jens.ran...@tink.se> wrote: > Hi, > > I am considering tuning the tombstone warn/error threshold. > > Just making sure; If I INSERT one (CQL) row populating all six columns and > then DELETE the inserted row, will Cassandra write 1 "range tombstone" or > seven tombstones (one per columns plus "row marker")? > > Thanks, > Jens >