[CASSANDRA-7351] Make BEGIN COUNTER BATCH syntax optional

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Low
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.1 rc2
• Component/s: Legacy/CQL
• Labels: cql3
• Assignee: T Jake Luciani
• Reporter: T Jake Luciani

Authors

T Jake Luciani

Reviewers

Aleksey Yeschenko

• Created: 04/Jun/14 19:32
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:31
• Resolved: 20/Jun/14 22:26

Description

AFAIK there is no need to supply COUNTER in Batch statements.

The server should just throw an syntax error if you try to mix counter and non counter statements in the same batch.

What value does this keyword add?