"Cassandra column families are schema-less and like SQL tables, they don't have a fixed number of columns per row. In the same column family, one row may have 5 columns, and another row, 10,000 columns. Every row can possibly have a different number / set of columns."
are you saying the above is incorrect? -sd On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Aaron Morton <aa...@thelastpickle.com>wrote: > Not that I know of. > > Aaron > > > On 2/02/2011, at 6:21 AM, Sasha Dolgy <sdo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I asked this on the hector list last week. Its possible but remember, each > row can have a different set of associated columns. > On 1 Feb 2011 18:16, "Jeremiah Jordan" < <jeremiah.jor...@morningstar.com> > jeremiah.jor...@morningstar.com> wrote: > > Is there a way to query for column names or super column names without > > also pulling down the data they contain? (Besides keeping a second > > index) I don't see an obvious way to do it from the Thrift API, but > > maybe I'm missing something. > > > > Thanks! > > -Jeremiah > > > > ________________________________ > > Jeremiah Jordan > > Application Developer > > Morningstar, Inc. > > > > Morningstar. Illuminating investing worldwide. > > > > +1 312 696-6128 voice > > <jeremiah.jor...@morningstar.com>jeremiah.jor...@morningstar.com > > > > <http://www.morningstar.com>www.morningstar.com > > > > This e-mail contains privileged and confidential information and is > > intended only for the use of the person(s) named above. Any > > dissemination, distribution, or duplication of this communication > > without prior written consent from Morningstar is strictly prohibited. > > If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender > > immediately and delete the materials from any computer. > > > > -- Sasha Dolgy sasha.do...@gmail.com
