Check secondary index (2i) existence

Check if an index exists and view its definition using the DESCRIBE TABLE command.

Prerequisites

  • Keyspace created

  • Table created

  • Secondary index (2i) created

    1. Verify that an index exists:

      DESCRIBE INDEX cycling.blist_keys_idx;
    2. View the index definition:

      WARNING: cqlsh was built against 5.0-beta1, but this server is 5.0.  All features may not work!
      
      CREATE CUSTOM INDEX blist_keys_idx ON cycling.birthday_list (keys(blist)) USING 'sai';

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