Re: Fwd: Re: cassandra update vs insert + delete

Soft delete = logical delete - which is an update. An update doesnt create a tombstone . It appends to the sstable,and when they are compacted, the latest write is what is seen as the definitive data.  A tombstone by definition is an update which tells C* to remove the value that was there befo

Fwd: Re: cassandra update vs insert + delete

How update is working underneath? Does it create a new row (because i'm changing a column of partition key) and add a tombstone to the old row? Sent using Zoho Mail Forwarded message >From : Jonathan Haddad To :