maedhroz commented on a change in pull request #1083:
URL: https://github.com/apache/cassandra/pull/1083#discussion_r661005855



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File path: src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/SinglePartitionReadCommand.java
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@@ -1033,7 +1033,15 @@ private ClusteringIndexNamesFilter 
reduceFilter(ClusteringIndexNamesFilter filte
 
         SearchIterator<Clustering, Row> searchIter = 
result.searchIterator(columnFilter(), false);
 
-        PartitionColumns columns = columnFilter().fetchedColumns();
+        // According to the CQL semantics a row exists if at least one of its 
columns is not null (including the primary key columns).
+        // Having the queried columns not null is unfortunately not enough to 
prove that a row exists has some column deletion
+        // for the queried columns can exist on another node.
+        // For CQL tables it is enough to have the primary key liveness and 
the queried columns as the primary key liveness prove that
+        // the row exists even if all the other columns are deleted.
+        // COMPACT tables do not have primary key liveness by consequence we 
are forced to get  all the fetched columns to ensure that

Review comment:
       ```suggestion
           // COMPACT tables do not have primary key liveness, and by 
consequence we are forced to get all the fetched columns to ensure that
   ```




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