Astyanax: simple write throwing this exception: Not enough bytes to read value of component

Question

I am new to astyanax and trying some sample programs and getting this error. This is a simple write and looks like am doing some thing basic wrong. Not using composite keys.

Answer 1

I'm also new to Astyanax and encountering the the same exceptions. The exception is due to a mismatch between what Astyanax Thrift-based objects think the column definition should look like and how it is store in 1.2+ using CQL 3. I learned specifying COMPACT STORAGE so that the table is created in the pre 1.2 format will allow me interact with it via the Thrift-based objects. FWIW: I'm building Astyanax from source, but I did see a 1.56.34 in maven central; I would update to that also.

CREATE TABLE test (
 col1 text PRIMARY KEY,
 col2 text,
 col3 text
) WITH COMPACT STORAGE AND
...

See Working with pre-CQL 3 applications

Answer 2

I solution provided by user2251060 does the job. In addition, Netflix is working on a new version of Astyanax that depends on the Datastax java driver to convert the thrift objects to the underlying CQL based ones. You can find more information at https://github.com/Netflix/astyanax/wiki/Astyanax-over-Java-Driver