ALTER KEYSPACE¶

Synopsis¶

ALTER KEYSPACE | SCHEMA keyspace_name
  WITH REPLICATION = map
  | WITH DURABLE_WRITES = true | false
  | WITH REPLICATION = map
  AND DURABLE_WRITES = true | false

map is a map collection:

{ property : value, property, value : property, value ... }

Synopsis legend¶

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Description¶

ALTER KEYSPACE changes the map that defines the replica placement strategy and/or the durable_writes value. You can also use the alias ALTER SCHEMA. Use these properties and values to construct the map. To set the replica placement strategy, construct a map of properties and values, as shown in the table of map properties on the CREATE KEYSPACE reference page.

You cannot change the name of the keyspace.

ALTER KEYSPACE "Excalibur" WITH REPLICATION =
  { 'class' : 'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor' : 3 };