[jira] [Updated] (CASSANDRA-7206) UDT - allow null / non-existant attributes

["Sylvain Lebresne (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Sylvain Lebresne updated CASSANDRA-7206:
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    Fix Version/s: 2.1 rc1

> UDT - allow null / non-existant attributes
> ------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CASSANDRA-7206
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-7206
>             Project: Cassandra
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Core
>            Reporter: Robert Stupp
>             Fix For: 2.1 rc1
>
>
> C* 2.1 CQL User-Defined-Types are really fine and useful.
> But it lacks the possibility to omit attributes or set them to null.
> Would be great to have the possibility to create UDT "instances" with some attributes missing.
> Also changing the UDT definition (for example: {{alter type add new_attr}}) will break running applications that rely on the "previous" definition of the UDT.
> For exmple:
> {code}
> CREATE TYPE foo (
>    attr_one text,
>    attr_two int );
> CREATE TABLE bar (
>    id int,
>    comp foo );
> {code}
> {code}
> INSERT INTO bar (id, com) VALUES (1, {attr_one: 'cassandra', attr_two: 2});
> {code}
> works
> {code}
> INSERT INTO bar (id, com) VALUES (1, {attr_one: 'cassandra'});
> {code}
> does not work
> {code}
> ALTER TYPE foo ADD attr_three timestamp;
> {code}
> {code}
> INSERT INTO bar (id, com) VALUES (1, {attr_one: 'cassandra', attr_two: 2});
> {code}
> will no longer work (missing attribute)



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