DSE Advanced Replication data types

CQL data types are supported for most operations in DSE Advanced Replication.

Data Type Compatibility Advanced Replication Operations

Primitive data types:

  • int

  • ascii

  • bigint

  • blob

  • boolean

  • decimal

  • double

  • float

  • inet

  • text

  • timestamp

  • timeuuid

  • uuid

  • varchar

  • varint

Supported

All types are implemented for INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE.

Frozen collections:

  • frozen<map>

  • frozen<list>

  • frozen<set>

Supported

All frozen collections are implemented for INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE because these values are immutable blocks (entire column value is replicated).

tuple and frozen<tuple>

Supported

All tuples are implemented for INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE because values are immutable blocks (entire column value is replicated).

Frozen user-defined type (UDT)

Supported

All frozen UDTs are implemented for INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE because values are immutable blocks (entire column value is replicated).

Geometric types:

  • Point

  • LineString

  • Polygon

Supported

All geometric types are implemented for INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE.

Unfrozen collections:

  • <list>

  • <set>

  • <map>

Partially supported

Unfrozen collections are implemented for INSERT/DELETE only if the entire column value is replicated.

Unfrozen collections aren’t supported for UPDATE on an individual element within a collection column.

Unfrozen UDTs

Partially supported

Unfrozen UDTs are implemented for INSERT/DELETE only if the entire column value is replicated.

Unfrozen UDTs aren’t supported for UPDATE on an individual element within a UDT.

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