If you want to modify a column family, just open the command line interface (cassandra-cli), connect to a node (probably: "connect localhost/9160;").
When you have to create your first keyspace type: "create keyspace MyKeyspace;" For modifying an existing keyspace type: "use MyKeyspace;" If you need more information you can just type "help;" Good luck! 2012/3/26 Ben McCann <b...@benmccann.com> > Hmmm, I don't see anything regarding column families in cassandra.yaml. > It seems like the answer for that question in the FAQ is very outdated. > > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Serge Fonville > <serge.fonvi...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> 2012/3/26 Ben McCann <b...@benmccann.com>: >> > There's a line that says "Make necessary changes to your >> storage-conf.xml." >> > I can't find this file. Does it still exist? If so, where should I >> look? >> > I installed the packaged version of Cassandra available in the Datastax >> > community edition. >> >> From http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/StorageConfiguration >> Prior to the 0.7 release, Cassandra storage configuration is described >> by the conf/storage-conf.xml file. As of 0.7, it is described by the >> conf/cassandra.yaml file. >> >> After googling cassandra storage-conf.xml >> >> Kind regards/met vriendelijke groet, >> >> Serge Fonville >> >> http://www.sergefonville.nl >> >> Convince Google!! >> They need to add GAL support on Android (star to agree) >> http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=4602 >> >> >> >> 2012/3/26 Ben McCann <b...@benmccann.com>: >> > There's a line that says "Make necessary changes to your >> storage-conf.xml." >> > I can't find this file. Does it still exist? If so, where should I >> look? >> > I installed the packaged version of Cassandra available in the Datastax >> > community edition. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Ben >> > >> > >
