Okay, so let me get this straight, the command should accept: -f <dest filename> <path to sstable file> (-Data.db)
The column family in question uses a UTF8Type Row Key and a composite column name (UTF8Type, TimeUUID) and UTF8Type Column value. Do I need to specify the rowkey, validator and comparator types as well? I'm not sure how non utf8 data got into a column for utf8 data. ColumnFamily: ServerIdentityProfiles Key Validation Class: org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.UTF8Type Default column value validator: org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.UTF8Type Columns sorted by: org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.CompositeType(org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.UTF8Type,org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.TimeUUIDType) Row cache size / save period in seconds: 1000.0/0 Key cache size / save period in seconds: 10000.0/14400 Memtable thresholds: 0.29062499999999997/1440/62 (millions of ops/minutes/MB) GC grace seconds: 864000 Compaction min/max thresholds: 4/32 Read repair chance: 1.0 Replicate on write: true Built indexes: [] On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Jonathan Ellis <jbel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sounds like you told Cassandra a key? column? was UTF8 but it had > non-UTF8 data in it. > > On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Anthony Ikeda > <anthony.ikeda....@gmail.com> wrote: > > I can't seem to export an sstable. The parameter flags don't work either > > (using -k and -f). > > > > sstable2json > > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation/ServerIdentityProfiles-g-3-Data.db > > WARN 12:01:55,721 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > { > > "6c6f63616c686f7374": [Exception in thread "main" > > org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.MarshalException: invalid UTF8 bytes > > 4e694de2 > > at org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.UTF8Type.getString(UTF8Type.java:59) > > at > > > org.apache.cassandra.tools.SSTableExport.serializeColumn(SSTableExport.java:130) > > at > > > org.apache.cassandra.tools.SSTableExport.serializeColumns(SSTableExport.java:105) > > at > > > org.apache.cassandra.tools.SSTableExport.serializeRow(SSTableExport.java:191) > > at > org.apache.cassandra.tools.SSTableExport.export(SSTableExport.java:313) > > at > org.apache.cassandra.tools.SSTableExport.export(SSTableExport.java:335) > > at > org.apache.cassandra.tools.SSTableExport.export(SSTableExport.java:348) > > at org.apache.cassandra.tools.SSTableExport.main(SSTableExport.java:406) > > WARN 12:01:56,321 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > WARN 12:01:56,328 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > WARN 12:01:56,337 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > WARN 12:01:56,343 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > WARN 12:01:56,349 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > WARN 12:01:56,357 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > WARN 12:01:56,367 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > WARN 12:01:56,373 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > WARN 12:01:56,382 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > WARN 12:01:56,386 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > WARN 12:01:56,404 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > WARN 12:01:56,411 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > WARN 12:01:56,419 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > WARN 12:01:56,424 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > WARN 12:01:56,431 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > WARN 12:01:56,435 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > WARN 12:01:56,442 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > WARN 12:01:56,447 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > WARN 12:01:56,453 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > WARN 12:01:56,458 Invalid file '.DS_Store' in data directory > > /Users/XXXXX/Database/cassandra_files/data/RegistryFoundation. > > > > -- > Jonathan Ellis > Project Chair, Apache Cassandra > co-founder of DataStax, the source for professional Cassandra support > http://www.datastax.com >