On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Jonathan Ellis<[email protected]> wrote: > I think we should rename table to namespace in the config file. > Calling it "table" confuses people coming from an rdbms background > (i.e. just about everyone).
Actually I think "table" is perfect. A "namespace" in mainstream computer science nomenclature just means a set of names that are logically separate from another set of names, to avoid conflicts. Namespaces don't contain data, just names. As I have argued before, the concept of table in Cassandra ought to be able to express more than just a namespace, but also things like column families, replication factor, data file locations, key ordering settings, etc. If you don't like "table", going up a notch to "database" might be acceptable? A.
