Dynamic column family using CQL2, possible?

2013-05-28 Thread Matthew Hillsborough
Hi all, I started building a schema using CQL3's interface following the instructions here: http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/thrift-to-cql3 In particular, the dynamic column family instructions did exactly what I need to model my data on that blog post. I created a schema that looks like the fol

Re: Using CQL to insert a column to a row dynamically

2013-05-27 Thread Matthew Hillsborough
I'd be able to store many, many events for many rides and grow it out horizontally. Does that make sense at all? Is there a better way to model this data in Cassandra and/or query for it? On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Jonathan Ellis wrote: > On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Matth

Using CQL to insert a column to a row dynamically

2013-05-27 Thread Matthew Hillsborough
Hi all, I posted a similar thread on stackoverflow - hope it's not repetitive for anyone here. Looking for better insight from the community on whether Cassandra is the right tool for me or not. I am trying to understand some fundamentals in Cassandra, I was under the impression that one of the a

Suggested Ruby client using Cassandra 1.2.5

2013-05-26 Thread Matthew Hillsborough
Hi all, I am interested in using Cassandra in a Ruby on Rails project. After a quick search on GitHub, there seems to be two clients that stick out for use with Ruby: * https://github.com/twitter/cassandra * https://github.com/kreynolds/cassandra-cql The documentation I've read suggested that u