Created https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-4458

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 7:56 PM, Jake Luciani <jak...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah I worked around this by skipping all but the last call. I need to fix 
> this properly. Thx for the reminder :)
>
>
>
> On Jul 19, 2012, at 7:47 PM, Jonathan Ellis <jbel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> That smells like a bug to me.  I don't see how you can avoid getting
>> multiple buildIndexAsync calls kicked off.
>>
>> What do you think, Jake?
>>
>> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Adam Holmberg
>> <adam.holmberg.l...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I've been studying and experimenting some with the SecondaryIndex API,
>>> specifically extending the PerRowSecondaryIndex class.
>>>
>>> I understand from this recent
>>> thread<http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cassandra-dev/201205.mbox/%3CCAMYB=b6c9HTDgOFHQS-UwS4UF2a6NiMs3+C++iG3M8z4xgzn=g...@mail.gmail.com%3E>that
>>> this feature is not yet widely used, but I was hoping someone could
>>> shed some light on its intended concept of operation:
>>>
>>> My intuition was to specify my custom index for every column in the column
>>> family that I want to trigger an update for this index. This has the
>>> desired effect for a 'built' index as new row mutations arrive. What I'm
>>> confused about is what happens as the index is built for the first time.
>>> What I'm seeing is that an asynchronous build is kicked off for every
>>> column to which this index is attached (which is obviously undesirable).
>>>
>>> It's plain to see why this is happening following the SecondaryIndexManager
>>> reload/addIndexedColumn routines. Now what I'm wondering is if there is
>>> room for improvement here:
>>>
>>> Should the Manager wait to initiate an index build until the last column
>>> has been added to a given rowLevelIndex? Or is the impetus on the
>>> PerRowSecondaryIndex implementation to 'fool' the manager into bypassing
>>> the build until the last column is added?
>>>
>>> My gut says the former would be preferred since the latter could be a
>>> fragile use of the Interface, but I'm just getting into this area and maybe
>>> I'm thinking about things wrong.
>>>
>>> Any input would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Adam Holmberg
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Ellis
>> Project Chair, Apache Cassandra
>> co-founder of DataStax, the source for professional Cassandra support
>> http://www.datastax.com



-- 
Jonathan Ellis
Project Chair, Apache Cassandra
co-founder of DataStax, the source for professional Cassandra support
http://www.datastax.com

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