Either CQL or a higher level API running on top of Thrift like Hector/Asyntax/etc.
Thrift is uh... painful. On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Matthew Langton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I started looking at Cassandra awhile ago and got used to the Thrift API. I > put it on the back burner for awhile though until now. To get back up to > speed I have read a lot of documentation at the DataStax website, and it > appears that the Thrift API is no longer considered the ideal way to > interface with Cassandra. > > So my questions are these: > > What is the future of the Thrift API, should I just ignore it going forward > and use CQL? > > If CQL is the preferred way to interface with Cassandra, does using any of > the clients listed here: http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/ClientOptions > provide me any benefits over using a JDBC like the one listed here > http://code.google.com/a/apache-extras.org/p/cassandra-jdbc/ > > Thanks, > Matt > > -- 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"
