@Bill Are you saying that now cassandra is less schema less ? :)
Compact storage is the schemaless of old. On Tuesday, November 27, 2012, Bill de hÓra <b...@dehora.net> wrote: >> I'm not sure I always >> understand what people mean by "schema less" >> exactly and I'm curious. > > For 'schema less', given this - > > {{{ > cqlsh> use example; > cqlsh:example> CREATE TABLE users ( > ... user_name varchar, > ... password varchar, > ... gender varchar, > ... session_token varchar, > ... state varchar, > ... birth_year bigint, > ... PRIMARY KEY (user_name) > ... ); > }}} > > I expect this would not cause an unknown identifier error - > > {{{ > INSERT INTO users > (user_name, password, extra, moar) > VALUES > ('bob', 'secret', 'a', 'b'); > }}} > > but definitions vary. > > Bill > > On 26/11/12 09:18, Sylvain Lebresne wrote: >> >> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 8:41 AM, aaron morton <aa...@thelastpickle.com >> <mailto:aa...@thelastpickle.com>> wrote: >> > > Is there any noticeable performance difference between thrift or CQL3? >> > Off the top of my head it's within 5% (maybe 10%) under stress tests. >> See Eric's talk at the Cassandra SF conference for the exact numbers. >> >> Eric's benchmark results was that "normal" queries were slightly slower >> but prepared one (and in real life, I see no good reason not to prepare >> statements) were actually slightly faster. >> >> > CQL 3 requires a schema, however altering the schema is easier. And >> in 1.2 will support concurrent schema modifications. >> > Thrift API is still schema less. >> >> Sorry to hijack this thread, but I'd be curious (like seriously, I'm not >> trolling) to understand what you mean by "CQL 3 requires a schema" but >> "Thrift API is still schema less". Basically I'm not sure I always >> understand what people mean by "schema less" exactly and I'm curious. >> >> -- >> Sylvain > >