CONSISTENCY

Shows the current consistency level, or given a level, sets it.

Shows the current consistency level, or given a level, sets it.

Synopsis

CONSISTENCY level
Table 1. Legend
  • Uppercase means literal
  • Lowercase means not literal
  • Italics mean optional
  • The pipe (|) symbol means OR or AND/OR
  • Ellipsis (...) means repeatable

A semicolon that terminates CQL statements is not included in the synopsis.

Description

Providing an argument to the CONSISTENCY command overrides the default consistency level of ONE, and configures the consistency level for future requests. Valid values are: ANY, ONE, TWO, THREE, QUORUM, ALL, LOCAL_QUORUM, EACH_QUORUM, SERIAL and LOCAL_SERIAL.

Providing no argument shows the current consistency level.

Example

CONSISTENCY

If you haven't changed the default, the output of the CONSISTENCY command with no arguments is:

Current consistency level is ONE.