Cassandra Collections

We can store List, Set, Map into the Cassandra table's column. This is called Cassandra collections. In this lesson, I will show you how to work with List, Map, and Set using CQL. 

Working with List:

Create Table With List Column:

CREATE TABLE email_list(
   name text PRIMARY KEY, 
   email list<text
);

Insert email list:

INSERT INTO email_list(name, email) 
VALUES ('Sarkar', ['sakar@gmail.com','mamun@yahoo.com'])

Adding item to list:

UPDATE email_list
SET email = email + ['test@artofcse.com']
WHERE name = 'Sarkar';

Delete Item from list:

UPDATE email_list
SET email = email - ['test@artofcse.com']
WHERE name = 'Sarkar';

Working with Set:

Create Table With Set Column:

CREATE TABLE phone_set (
   name text PRIMARY KEY, 
   phone set<varint>
);

Insert data into set:

INSERT INTO phone_set(name, phone) 
VALUES ('Sarkar', {0124342543, 01823452343});

Adding Item to Set:

UPDATE phone_set
SET phone = phone + {01923445}
WHERE name = 'Sarkar';

Delete Item From Set:

UPDATE phone_set
SET phone = phone - {01923445}
WHERE name = 'Sarkar';

Working with Map:

Create Table With Map:

CREATE TABLE address_map (
   name text PRIMARY KEY,
   address map<varchar, text>
);

Insert Data Into Map:

INSERT INTO address_map (name, address)
VALUES ('Sarkar', {'home' : 'Rangpur' , 'office' : 'Dhaka' } );

Add Item to Map:

UPDATE address_map
SET address = address + { 'current_address': 'Mirpur DOHS' }
WHERE name = 'Sarkar';

Remove Item From Map:

UPDATE address_map
SET address = address - { 'current_address' }
WHERE name = 'Sarkar';