Create a collection
To create a collection, you must define the collection type, column name, and column data type. The cqlsh command-line tool is the primary tool for interacting with CQL to define schema.
Make sure you understand the differences in the collection types before creating a collection, as well as the difference between frozen and non-frozen collections.
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Collections are not paged internally. Reading a range of values is not supported for collections. |
Prerequisites
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Keyspace must exist.
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Understand the use and importance of the primary key in table schema.
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Determine the type of collection you want to create.
Set collections
A set consists of a unordered group of elements with unique values.
Duplicate values will not be stored distinctly.
The values of a set are stored unordered, but will return the elements in sorted order when queried.
Use the set data type to store data that has a many-to-one relationship with another column.
Non-frozen set
To create a non-frozen set collection in a table, specify the collection column name and column data type enclosed in angle brackets:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS cycling.cyclist_career_teams (
id UUID PRIMARY KEY,
lastname text,
teams set<text>
);Results
The set collection is created with the column name teams, and the data type text.
WARNING: cqlsh was built against 5.0-beta1, but this server is 5.0. All features may not work!Frozen set
To create a frozen set collection in a table specify the collection column name and a column data type enclosed with angle brackets, with the FROZEN keyword:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS cycling.race_results (
race_name text PRIMARY KEY,
race_history frozen<set<int>>,
top_three frozen<map<int, text>>
);Results
The set collection is created with the column name race_history, and the data type int.
WARNING: cqlsh was built against 5.0-beta1, but this server is 5.0. All features may not work!
CREATE TABLE cycling.race_results (
race_name text PRIMARY KEY,
race_history frozen<set<int>>,
top_three frozen<map<int, text>>
) WITH additional_write_policy = '99p'
AND allow_auto_snapshot = true
AND bloom_filter_fp_chance = 0.01
AND caching = {'keys': 'ALL', 'rows_per_partition': 'NONE'}
AND cdc = false
AND comment = ''
AND compaction = {'class': 'org.apache.cassandra.db.compaction.UnifiedCompactionStrategy', 'max_sstables_to_compact': '64', 'min_sstable_size': '100MiB', 'scaling_parameters': 'T4', 'sstable_growth': '0.3333333333333333', 'target_sstable_size': '1GiB'}
AND compression = {'chunk_length_in_kb': '16', 'class': 'org.apache.cassandra.io.compress.LZ4Compressor'}
AND memtable = 'default'
AND crc_check_chance = 1.0
AND default_time_to_live = 0
AND extensions = {}
AND gc_grace_seconds = 864000
AND incremental_backups = true
AND max_index_interval = 2048
AND memtable_flush_period_in_ms = 0
AND min_index_interval = 128
AND read_repair = 'BLOCKING'
AND speculative_retry = '99p';List collections
A list is similar to a set; it groups and stores values.
Unlike a set, the values stored in a list do not need to be unique and can be duplicated.
In addition, a list stores the elements in a particular order and may be inserted or retrieved according to an index value.
Use the list data type to store data that has a possible many-to-many relationship with another column.
Non-frozen list
To create a non-frozen list collection in a table, specify a collection column name, and a column data type enclosed in angle brackets:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS cycling.upcoming_calendar (
year int,
month int,
events list<text>,
PRIMARY KEY (year, month)
);Results
The list collection is created with the column name events, and the data type text.
WARNING: cqlsh was built against 5.0-beta1, but this server is 5.0. All features may not work!
CREATE TABLE cycling.upcoming_calendar (
year int,
month int,
events list<text>,
PRIMARY KEY (year, month)
) WITH CLUSTERING ORDER BY (month ASC)
AND additional_write_policy = '99p'
AND allow_auto_snapshot = true
AND bloom_filter_fp_chance = 0.01
AND caching = {'keys': 'ALL', 'rows_per_partition': 'NONE'}
AND cdc = false
AND comment = ''
AND compaction = {'class': 'org.apache.cassandra.db.compaction.UnifiedCompactionStrategy', 'max_sstables_to_compact': '64', 'min_sstable_size': '100MiB', 'scaling_parameters': 'T4', 'sstable_growth': '0.3333333333333333', 'target_sstable_size': '1GiB'}
AND compression = {'chunk_length_in_kb': '16', 'class': 'org.apache.cassandra.io.compress.LZ4Compressor'}
AND memtable = 'default'
AND crc_check_chance = 1.0
AND default_time_to_live = 0
AND extensions = {}
AND gc_grace_seconds = 864000
AND incremental_backups = true
AND max_index_interval = 2048
AND memtable_flush_period_in_ms = 0
AND min_index_interval = 128
AND read_repair = 'BLOCKING'
AND speculative_retry = '99p';Frozen list
To create a frozen list collection in a table, specify a collection column name and a column data type enclosed in angle brackets, with the FROZEN keyword:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS cycling.race_starts (
cyclist_name text PRIMARY KEY,
rnumbers FROZEN<LIST<int>>
);Results
The list collection is created with the column name rnumbers, and the data type int.
WARNING: cqlsh was built against 5.0-beta1, but this server is 5.0. All features may not work!
CREATE TABLE cycling.race_starts (
cyclist_name text PRIMARY KEY,
rnumbers frozen<list<int>>
) WITH additional_write_policy = '99p'
AND allow_auto_snapshot = true
AND bloom_filter_fp_chance = 0.01
AND caching = {'keys': 'ALL', 'rows_per_partition': 'NONE'}
AND cdc = false
AND comment = ''
AND compaction = {'class': 'org.apache.cassandra.db.compaction.UnifiedCompactionStrategy', 'max_sstables_to_compact': '64', 'min_sstable_size': '100MiB', 'scaling_parameters': 'T4', 'sstable_growth': '0.3333333333333333', 'target_sstable_size': '1GiB'}
AND compression = {'chunk_length_in_kb': '16', 'class': 'org.apache.cassandra.io.compress.LZ4Compressor'}
AND memtable = 'default'
AND crc_check_chance = 1.0
AND default_time_to_live = 0
AND extensions = {}
AND gc_grace_seconds = 864000
AND incremental_backups = true
AND max_index_interval = 2048
AND memtable_flush_period_in_ms = 0
AND min_index_interval = 128
AND read_repair = 'BLOCKING'
AND speculative_retry = '99p';Map collections
A map relates one item to another with a key-value pair. For each key, only one value may exist, and duplicates cannot be stored. Both the key and the value are designated with a data type.
For example, using the map type, you can store timestamp-related information in user profiles. Each element of a non-frozen map is internally stored as a single column that you can modify, replace, delete, and query. Each element can have an individual time-to-live and expire when the TTL ends.
Non-frozen map
To create a non-frozen map collection in a table, specify a collection column name, and a pair of column data types enclosed in angle brackets:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS cycling.cyclist_teams (
id uuid PRIMARY KEY,
firstname text,
lastname text,
teams map<int, text>
);Results
The map collection is created with the column name teams, and the data types will have a key year of integer type, and a team name value of text type.
WARNING: cqlsh was built against 5.0-beta1, but this server is 5.0. All features may not work!
CREATE TABLE cycling.cyclist_teams (
id uuid PRIMARY KEY,
firstname text,
lastname text,
teams map<int, text>
) WITH additional_write_policy = '99p'
AND allow_auto_snapshot = true
AND bloom_filter_fp_chance = 0.01
AND caching = {'keys': 'ALL', 'rows_per_partition': 'NONE'}
AND cdc = false
AND comment = ''
AND compaction = {'class': 'org.apache.cassandra.db.compaction.UnifiedCompactionStrategy', 'max_sstables_to_compact': '64', 'min_sstable_size': '100MiB', 'scaling_parameters': 'T4', 'sstable_growth': '0.3333333333333333', 'target_sstable_size': '1GiB'}
AND compression = {'chunk_length_in_kb': '16', 'class': 'org.apache.cassandra.io.compress.LZ4Compressor'}
AND memtable = 'default'
AND crc_check_chance = 1.0
AND default_time_to_live = 0
AND extensions = {}
AND gc_grace_seconds = 864000
AND incremental_backups = true
AND max_index_interval = 2048
AND memtable_flush_period_in_ms = 0
AND min_index_interval = 128
AND read_repair = 'BLOCKING'
AND speculative_retry = '99p';Frozen map
To create a frozen map collection in a table, specify a collection column name, and a pair of column data types enclosed in angle brackets, with the FROZEN keyword:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS cycling.race_results (
race_name text PRIMARY KEY,
race_history frozen<set<int>>,
top_three frozen<map<int, text>>
);Results
The map collection is created with the column name top_three, and the data types will have a key rank of integer type, and a cyclist name value of text type.
WARNING: cqlsh was built against 5.0-beta1, but this server is 5.0. All features may not work!
CREATE TABLE cycling.race_results (
race_name text PRIMARY KEY,
race_history frozen<set<int>>,
top_three frozen<map<int, text>>
) WITH additional_write_policy = '99p'
AND allow_auto_snapshot = true
AND bloom_filter_fp_chance = 0.01
AND caching = {'keys': 'ALL', 'rows_per_partition': 'NONE'}
AND cdc = false
AND comment = ''
AND compaction = {'class': 'org.apache.cassandra.db.compaction.UnifiedCompactionStrategy', 'max_sstables_to_compact': '64', 'min_sstable_size': '100MiB', 'scaling_parameters': 'T4', 'sstable_growth': '0.3333333333333333', 'target_sstable_size': '1GiB'}
AND compression = {'chunk_length_in_kb': '16', 'class': 'org.apache.cassandra.io.compress.LZ4Compressor'}
AND memtable = 'default'
AND crc_check_chance = 1.0
AND default_time_to_live = 0
AND extensions = {}
AND gc_grace_seconds = 864000
AND incremental_backups = true
AND max_index_interval = 2048
AND memtable_flush_period_in_ms = 0
AND min_index_interval = 128
AND read_repair = 'BLOCKING'
AND speculative_retry = '99p';Related information:
