When using prepared statements, you could use "unset": https://github.com/datastax/java-driver/blob/4.x/manual/core/statements/prepared/README.md#unset-values
That should solve the tombstone problem but might need code changes. Regards, Swen Am Di., 10. Sept. 2019 um 04:50 Uhr schrieb Nitan Kainth < nitankai...@gmail.com>: > You can set default values in driver but that also little code change > > > Regards, > > Nitan > > Cell: 510 449 9629 > > On Sep 9, 2019, at 8:15 PM, buchi adddagada <bb.addag...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We are using DSE 5.1.0 & Spring boot Java. > > While we are trying to insert data into cassandra , java by default > inserts null values in cassandra tables which is causing huge tombstones. > > > Instead of changing code in java to insert null values, can you control > anywhere at driver level ? > > > Thanks, > > Buchi Babu > >