[CASSANDRA-5666] CQL3 should not allow ranges on the partition key without the token() method, even for byte ordered partitioner.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.6
• Severity: Normal
• Assignee: Sylvain Lebresne
• Reporter: Sylvain Lebresne

Authors

Sylvain Lebresne

Reviewers

Jonathan Ellis

• Created: 19/Jun/13 18:05
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:32
• Resolved: 20/Jun/13 17:12

Description

When the partition is an ordered one, CQL3 currently allows non-equal conditions on the partition key directly. I.e. we allow

CREATE TABLE t (k timeuuid PRIMARY KEY);
SELECT * FROM t WHERE k > ... AND k < ...;

but this is a bug because even ordered partitioner don't order following the type of the partition key. They order by bytes, always.

So that type of query doesn't do in general what it is supposed to do and we should disallow it. Even for ordered partitioner, the token() function should be used.