Thanks. Looks like we tracked down the problem to the datasax 0.8.1 rpm is actually 0.8.0.
rpm -qa | grep cassandra apache-cassandra08-0.8.1-1 grep ' Cassandra version:' /var/log/cassandra/system.log | tail -1 INFO [main] 2011-07-13 12:04:31,039 StorageService.java (line 368) Cassandra version: 0.8.0 On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:40 AM, samal <sa...@wakya.in> wrote: >> >>> cqlsh> UPDATE RouterAggWeekly SET 1310367600 = 1310367600 + 17 WHERE >> >>> KEY = '1_20110728_ifoutmulticastpkts'; >> >>> Bad Request: line 1:51 no viable alternative at character '+' > > I m able to insert it. > _______________________ > cqlsh> > cqlsh> UPDATE counts SET 1310367600 = 1310367600 + 17 WHERE KEY = > '1_20110728_ifoutmulticastpkts'; > cqlsh> UPDATE counts SET 1310367600 = 1310367600 + 17 WHERE KEY = > '1_20110728_ifoutmulticastpkts'; > cqlsh> > _____________________________ > [default@test] list counts; > Using default limit of 100 > ------------------- > RowKey: 1_20110728_ifoutmulticastpkts > => (counter=12, value=16) > => (counter=1310367600, value=34) > ------------------- > RowKey: 1 > => (counter=1, value=10) > 2 Rows Returned. > [default@test] > -- Aaron Turner http://synfin.net/ Twitter: @synfinatic http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/ - Pcap editing and replay tools for Unix & Windows Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin "carpe diem quam minimum credula postero"