[CASSANDRA-2507] Python CQL driver does not decode most values

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.8 beta 1
• Component/s: Legacy/CQL
• Labels: cql
• Severity: Normal
• Assignee: Tom Hobbs
• Reporter: Eric Evans

Authors

Tom Hobbs

Reviewers

Jonathan Ellis

• Created: 19/Apr/11 16:33
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:33
• Resolved: 19/Apr/11 20:02

Description

Most keys, and column name/values are not decoded properly. The attached CQL input can be used to demonstrate:

Note: requires the patch from CASSANDRA-2505 to be applied

$ drivers/py/cqlsh localhost 9170 < repro.cql 
 | '\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01','\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01' | '\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02','\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02'
e�#j������ | 'e\xe2#\x01j\xa2\x11\xe0\x00\x00\xfe\x8e\xbe\xea\xd9\xff','e\xe2#\x02j\xa2\x11\xe0\x00\x00\xfe\x8e\xbe\xea\xd9\xff'

For all practical purposes, this renders the driver useless for everything but strings.