CREATE INDEX¶

Synopsis¶

CREATE INDEX [<index_name>]
    ON <cf_name> (<column_name>);

Description¶

CREATE INDEX creates a new, automatic secondary index on the given column family for the named column. Optionally, specify a name for the index itself before the ON keyword. Enclose a single column name in parentheses. It is not necessary for the column to exist on any current rows because Cassandra is schema-optional. The column must already have a type specified when the family was created, or added afterward by altering the column family.

CREATE INDEX userIndex ON NerdMovies (user);
CREATE INDEX ON Mutants (abilityId);

Examples¶

Define a static column family and then create a secondary index on two of its named columns:

CREATE TABLE users (
   KEY uuid PRIMARY KEY,
   firstname text,
   lastname text,
   email text,
   address text,
   zip int,
   state text);

CREATE INDEX user_state
   ON users (state);

CREATE INDEX ON users (zip);