As explained in How does Cassandra store data? – A simple explanation Cassandra uses partitioning key (the first part of primary key) to store a record into a partition on a node. Prior to version 1.2, one server = one node. That is each machine was assigned to a range of values, so that the entire cluster covered … Continue reading Cassandra node vs partition: A simple explanation
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Pattern #4: Get rid of all OR operators from sql where clauses. For example, consider an SQL requirement to authenticate user by comparing the string entered by the user with either username or email or phone: select u1.* from user u1 where (u1.username = ?1 or u1.email = ?1 or u1.phone = ?1) and u1.password = … Continue reading Migrating SQL applications to Cassandra – Pattern #4
Cassandra primary key (a unique identifier for a row) is made up of two parts - 1) one or more partitioning columns and 2) zero or more clustering columns. To search a table without any indexes, all partitioning columns must be provided to avoid error message: Cannot execute this query as it might involve data filtering … Continue reading Cassandra Primary Key = ((Partitioning Key), Clustering Key): A simple explanation
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