[CASSANDRA-17539] 'if not exists' clause should be produced on normal DESCRIBE cqlsh command

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Won't Do
• Fix Version/s: 5.x
• Component/s: CQL/Interpreter
• Bug Category: Correctness
• Severity: Low
• Complexity: Low Hanging Fruit
• Discovered By: Adhoc Test
• Platform: All
• Assignee: Stefan Miklosovic
• Reporter: Stefan Miklosovic

Authors

Stefan Miklosovic

• Created: 08/Apr/22 18:56
• Updated: 16/Nov/23 09:57
• Resolved: 12/Apr/22 10:23

Description

IF NOT EXISTS is saved when one takes, for example, a snapshot and it is added in schema.cql. However, I noticed that if one creates a table (or any other CQL entity for that matter), on DESCRIBE, it will not create the output with IF NOT EXISTS. I believe this is a discrepancy and it should be targetted.