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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions doc/modules/cassandra/pages/cql/ddl.adoc
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Expand Up @@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ include::example$BNF/ks_table.bnf[]
----

Both keyspace and table name should be comprised of only alphanumeric
characters, cannot be empty and are limited in size to 48 characters
(that limit exists mostly to avoid filenames (which may include the
or underscore characters and cannot be empty.
Keyspace name is limited in size to 48 characters, while
table name is limited in size to 222 characters
(those limits exist mostly to avoid filenames (which may include the
keyspace and table name) to go over the limits of certain file systems).
By default, keyspace and table names are case-insensitive (`myTable` is
equivalent to `mytable`) but case sensitivity can be forced by using
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import static org.apache.cassandra.schema.SchemaConstants.TABLE_NAME_LENGTH;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import static org.junit.Assert.fail;

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String tableName = StringUtils.repeat("t", FILENAME_LENGTH - tableIdSuffix);
String tooLongTableName = StringUtils.repeat("l", FILENAME_LENGTH - tableIdSuffix + 1);

// Assert that the documented value of 222 corresponds to the actual constant.
assertEquals(222, TABLE_NAME_LENGTH);

execute(String.format("CREATE KEYSPACE %s with replication = " +
"{ 'class' : 'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor' : 1 }",
keyspaceName));
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