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CQL for the DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra™ 3.11 Latest DDAC patch: 5.1.18
  • About CQL
  • CQL quickstart
  • CQL quick reference
  • CQL data modeling
  • Introduction to CQL commands
  • Managing keyspaces
  • Managing types, functions, and aggregates
  • Managing tables
  • Querying data
  • Inserting and updating data
  • Batching inserts and updates
  • CQL reference
  • Cycling keyspace
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    Quickstart for CQL.

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    Increase your knowledge of CQL and data modeling.

  • CQL quickstart

    Quickstart for CQL.

    • Introduction

      Introduction to CQL and data modeling.

    • Running CQL commands

      Run CQL commands using CQL shell.

    • Data modeling

      Introduction to data modeling.

    • Creating a keyspace

      Add a keyspace and set the replication factor.

    • Creating a table with a simple primary key

      Create a table with a simple primary key and populate it with data.

    • Creating a table with a compound primary key

      Create a table with a compound primary key and populate it with data.

    • Creating a table with a composite partition key

      Create a table with a composite partition key and populate it with data.

    • Using a secondary index

      Create a secondary index on a column.

    • Updating data

      The UPDATE statement writes one or more column values to a row.

    • Deleting and truncating data

      The DELETE statement removes data from one or more columns, or removes an entire row. The TRUNCATE statement removes all data from a table.

    • Dropping tables and keyspaces

      The DROP TABLE statement removes a table and the table data. The DROP KEYSPACE statement removes the keyspace and all of the objects in the keyspace.

    • Increase your knowledge

      Increase your knowledge of CQL and data modeling.

Increase your knowledge

Increase your knowledge of CQL and data modeling.

See these documents for more information:

  • Introduction to CQL commands
  • CQL reference
  • CQL data modeling
  • CQL quick reference
  • DataStax Bulk Loader (Loads data from CSV or JSON files into the database.)

DataStax Academy also has online classes about CQL and data modeling. See academy.datastax.com.

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