[CASSANDRA-4173] cqlsh: in cql3 mode, use cql3 quoting when outputting cql

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Low
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.1.1
• Component/s: Legacy/Tools
• Labels: cql3 cqlsh
• Assignee: paul cannon
• Reporter: paul cannon

Authors

paul cannon

Reviewers

Brandon Williams

• Created: 19/Apr/12 19:14
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:32
• Resolved: 01/May/12 14:53

Description

when cqlsh needs to output a column name or other term which needs quoting (say, if you run DESCRIBE KEYSPACE and some column name has a space in it), it currently only knows how to quote in the cql2 way. That is,

cqlsh:foo> describe columnfamily bar
CREATE COLUMNFAMILY bar (
  a int PRIMARY KEY,
  'b c' text
) WITH
...

cql3 does not recognize single quotes around column names, or columnfamily or keyspace names either. cqlsh ought to learn how to use double-quotes instead when in cql3 mode.