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  1. Cassandra
  2. CASSANDRA-954

Exception "java.io.UTFDataFormatException: malformed input around byte 55" retrieving columns or slices

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    • Status: Resolved
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    • Resolution: Duplicate
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    • Ubuntu Jaunty on EC2 m1.large instance

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      Using cassandra-cli, I get an exception on "get PostingData.fields['146558416']['json']", but "get PostingData.fields['146558416']" works fine and returns the expected data (a single column named 'json'). The exception happens on both nodes of a two-node cluster with RF set to 2.

      This cluster was originally set up as a test and the problem data written with 0.5b2, so if there was a known bug in that release with these symptoms, please point me to it and close this. I didn't notice it until after upgrading to 0.6rc1, but that could be coincidence.

      grepping for 146558416 fields*Index.db yields three posssible files, and only one seems to be late enough for the column timestamp: fields-3355*.db. That was created by a compaction (under 0.5b2), according to the log: INFO [COMPACTION-POOL:1] 2010-03-29 04:08:19,652 ColumnFamilyStore.java (line 944) Compacted to /mnt2/cassandra/data/PostingData/fields-3355-Data.db. 17698781375/14295733792 bytes for 4048148 keys. Time: 943763ms.

      I've changed my code to retrieve slices instead of specifying the column, which is an adequate workaround.

      Here's the full traceback:
      ERROR [pool-1-thread-29] 2010-04-05 15:43:17,450 Cassandra.java (line 1197) Internal error processing get
      java.lang.RuntimeException: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: java.io.UTFDataFormatException: malformed input around byte 55
      at org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageProxy.weakReadLocal(StorageProxy.java:542)
      at org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageProxy.readProtocol(StorageProxy.java:406)
      at org.apache.cassandra.thrift.CassandraServer.readColumnFamily(CassandraServer.java:101)
      at org.apache.cassandra.thrift.CassandraServer.multigetInternal(CassandraServer.java:309)
      at org.apache.cassandra.thrift.CassandraServer.get(CassandraServer.java:274)
      at org.apache.cassandra.thrift.Cassandra$Processor$get.process(Cassandra.java:1187)
      at org.apache.cassandra.thrift.Cassandra$Processor.process(Cassandra.java:1125)
      at org.apache.thrift.server.TThreadPoolServer$WorkerProcess.run(TThreadPoolServer.java:253)
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636)
      Caused by: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: java.io.UTFDataFormatException: malformed input around byte 55
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerGet(FutureTask.java:252)
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:111)
      at org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageProxy.weakReadLocal(StorageProxy.java:538)
      ... 10 more
      Caused by: java.io.UTFDataFormatException: malformed input around byte 55
      at java.io.DataInputStream.readUTF(DataInputStream.java:656)
      at org.apache.cassandra.io.util.MappedFileDataInput.readUTF(MappedFileDataInput.java:431)
      at org.apache.cassandra.db.filter.SSTableNamesIterator.<init>(SSTableNamesIterator.java:55)
      at org.apache.cassandra.db.filter.NamesQueryFilter.getSSTableColumnIterator(NamesQueryFilter.java:69)
      at org.apache.cassandra.db.ColumnFamilyStore.getTopLevelColumns(ColumnFamilyStore.java:830)
      at org.apache.cassandra.db.ColumnFamilyStore.getColumnFamily(ColumnFamilyStore.java:750)
      at org.apache.cassandra.db.ColumnFamilyStore.getColumnFamily(ColumnFamilyStore.java:719)
      at org.apache.cassandra.db.Table.getRow(Table.java:381)
      at org.apache.cassandra.db.SliceByNamesReadCommand.getRow(SliceByNamesReadCommand.java:56)
      at org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageProxy$weakReadLocalCallable.call(StorageProxy.java:763)
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334)
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166)
      ... 3 more

      I'm often around on #cassandra as asl2, if anyone wants more info.

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