CQL DML: DELETE statement

Learn the syntax, usage, and best practices for performing DML operations to DELETE data in Apache Cassandra tables effectively.

In this lesson, we will focus on the Data Manipulation Language (DML) DELETE operations supported by Apache Cassandra.

The DELETE statement

The DELETE statement is used to either delete a row or data in column(s) of a row. The row to be operated upon is specified in the WHERE clause. The data is not immediately removed. Instead, it is marked as a tombstone and removed after the grace period.

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