[jira] [Assigned] (CASSANDRA-3119) Cli syntax for creating keyspace is inconsistent in 1.0

["Jonathan Ellis (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Jonathan Ellis reassigned CASSANDRA-3119:
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    Assignee: Pavel Yaskevich

As mentioned on the other ticket, this should also be described in NEWS.

> Cli syntax for creating keyspace is inconsistent in 1.0
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>
>                 Key: CASSANDRA-3119
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-3119
>             Project: Cassandra
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 1.0
>            Reporter: Sylvain Lebresne
>            Assignee: Pavel Yaskevich
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: cli
>             Fix For: 1.0
>
>
> In 0.8, to create a keyspace you could do:
> {noformat}
> create keyspace test with placement_strategy = 'org.apache.cassandra.locator.SimpleStrategy' and strategy_options = [{replication_factor:3}]
> {noformat}
> In current trunk, if you try that, you get back "null". Turns out this is because the syntax for strategy_options has changed and you should not use the brackets, i.e:
> {noformat}
> strategy_options = {replication_factor:3}
> {noformat}
> (and note that reversely, this syntax doesn't work in 0.8).
> I'm not sure what motivated that change but this is very user unfriendly. The help does correctly mention the new syntax, but it is the kind of changes that takes you 5 minutes to notice. It will also break people scripts for no good reason that I can see.
> We should either:
> # revert to the old syntax
> # support both the new and old syntax
> # at least print a meaningful error message when the old syntax is used
> Imho, the last solution is by far the worst solution.

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