If you are still having problems can you post the query and the output from nodetool cfstats on one of the nodes that fails ?
cfstats will tell us if the secondary index was built. Cheers ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Developer @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 25/08/2012, at 6:02 AM, Roshni Rajagopal <roshni.rajago...@wal-mart.com> wrote: > What does List my_column_family in CLI show on all the nodes? > Perhaps the syntax u're using isn't correct? You should be getting the > same data on all the nodes irrespective of which node's CLI you use. > The replication factor is for redundancy to have copies of the data on > different nodes to help if nodes go down. Even if you had a replication > factor of 1 you should still get the same data on all nodes. > > > > On 24/08/12 11:05 PM, "Richard Crowley" <r...@rcrowley.org> wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Richard Crowley <r...@rcrowley.org> wrote: >>> I have a three-node cluster running Cassandra 1.0.10. In this cluster >>> is a keyspace with RF=3. I *updated* a column family via Astyanax to >>> add a column definition with an index on that column. Then I ran a >>> backfill to populate the column in every row. Then I tried to query >>> the index from Java and it failed but so did cassandra-cli: >>> >>> get my_column_family where my_column = 'my_value'; >>> >>> Two out of the three nodes are unable to query the new index and throw >>> this error: >>> >>> InvalidRequestException(why:No indexed columns present in index >>> clause with operator EQ) >>> >>> The third is able to query the new index happily but doesn't find any >>> results, even when I expect it to. >> >> This morning the one node that's able to query the index is also able >> to produce the expected results. I'm a dummy and didn't use science >> so I don't know if the `nodetool compact` I ran across the cluster had >> anything to do with it. Regardless, it did not change the situation >> in any other way. >> >>> >>> `describe cluster;` in cassandra-cli confirms that all three nodes >>> have the same schema and `show schema;` confirms that schema includes >>> the new column definition and its index. >>> >>> The my_column_family.my_index-hd-* files only exist on that one node >>> that can query the index. >>> >>> I ran `nodetool repair` on each node and waited for `nodetool >>> compactionstats` to report zero pending tasks. Ditto for `nodetool >>> compact`. The nodes that failed still fail. The node that succeeded >>> still succeed. >>> >>> Can anyone shed some light? How do I convince it to let me query the >>> index from any node? How do I get it to find results? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Richard > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have > received this email in error destroy it immediately. *** Walmart Confidential > ***