We are using DSE 5.1.0 & Spring boot Java.
While we are trying to insert data into cassandra , java by default inserts null values in cassandra tables which is causing huge tombstones.
Instead of changing code in java to insert null values, can you control anywhere at driver level ?
Beware of CQL generators, like Spring Data Cassandra. The more proper insert is to only insert columns that have values. I think the null generation is in the Spring Data framework, not Java.
Good: insert into my_table (key, columna, columnb) values ('my_id','text A','text B');
--don't include columnc, columnd if there are no values. Nulls create tombstones and will delete any values previously inserted for those columns
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