Thanks Tyler, The problem with sstable2json is that it does not support the CQL types as far as I can see and there isn't any indication as to modify it to do that. It seems like the CQL things are a layer above the SSTable.
2015-05-26 15:44 GMT+02:00 Tyler Hobbs <ty...@datastax.com>: > I would start by looking at sstable2json. It may be simplest for you to > run sstable2json and then process the resulting json. If that's not > adequate, modifying the sstable2json code is probably your best bet. > > On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Malcolm Matalka <malc...@spotify.com> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> For efficiency reasons I am trying to parse the raw SSTable files in >> order to transform them into another format. I understand this is >> like poking a sleeping beast and there aren't many guarantees around >> this but I'm asking if anyone has any pointers to make this possible? >> In a search I have stumbled upon FullContact's SSTable parser, but it >> does not parse the complicated data structures that CQL supports. In >> attempting to reverse engineer how Cassandra handles the actual data >> there are a few cases that are unclear and I'm concerned that my >> attempts to interpret them will result in a fragile result. >> >> Are there any suggestions? Existing libraries? Tips on how Cassandra >> parses the data itself? Pointers into the code to read? SSTable >> design doc? >> >> Thanks, >> /Malcolm >> > > > > -- > Tyler Hobbs > DataStax <http://datastax.com/>
