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Posted to user@cassandra.apache.org by anuya joshi <an...@gmail.com> on 2011/05/10 04:24:15 UTC

A query in deletioelo

Hello,

I am unclear on Why deleting a row in Cassandra does not delete a row key?
Is an empty row never deleted from Column Family?

It would be of great help if someone can elaborate on this.

Thanks,
Anuya

Re: A query in deletioelo

Posted by Jonathan Ellis <jb...@gmail.com>.

http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/FAQ#range_ghosts

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 9:24 PM, anuya joshi <an...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am unclear on Why deleting a row in Cassandra does not delete a row key?
> Is an empty row never deleted from Column Family?
>
> It would be of great help if someone can elaborate on this.
>
> Thanks,
> Anuya
>



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