[CASSANDRA-3919] Dropping a column should do more than just remove the definition

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0 beta 1
• Labels: compaction cql
• Assignee: Aleksey Yeschenko
• Reporter: Jonathan Ellis

Authors

Aleksey Yeschenko

Reviewers

Jonathan Ellis

• Created: 15/Feb/12 17:28
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:32
• Resolved: 18/Apr/13 20:25

Description

Dropping a column should:

• immediately make it unavailable for SELECT, including SELECT *
• eventually (i.e., post-compaction) reclaim the space formerly used by that column