cassandra - SELECT Specific Value from map

Question

I am trying to create a WIDE Column Table, 20,000+ columns

Initially I was thinking I would use:

CREATE TABLE details (
   key TEXT,
   detail map<TEXT, TEXT>
   PRIMARY KEY (KEY)
  );

Inserting into this table works fine

UPDATE details SET detail = detail + { 'col1': '12'} where key='123' ;
UPDATE details SET detail = detail + { 'col20000': 'ABCD'} where key='123' ;

However, I would like to read an individual detail:

   select detail[col1] where key='123'

when executing this query I get the following error:

 no viable alternative at input '['

Will this work, or do I need a different approach?

Answer 1

Collections are small groups of data that you fetch all at once.

If you want to access tuples at a finer level, and still be able to ask "what are all the pairs of data for a given key," you should use a table like this:

CREATE TABLE details (
  key TEXT,
  detail_key text,
  detail_value text,
  PRIMARY KEY (key, detail_key)
);

This will allow SELECT * FROM details WHERE key = ? as well as SELECT * FROM detail WHERE key = ? AND detail_key = ?.