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ScyllaDB gocql driver¶
ScyllaDB gocql is a shard-aware fork of the Apache Cassandra GoCQL driver. It
keeps the github.com/gocql/gocql package API and adds ScyllaDB-specific
features, including shard-aware routing and shard-aware ports.
Other documentation¶
Contents¶
Quick start — install the driver and run a first query.
Connecting to the cluster — configure contact points, compression, authentication, TLS, and private networking.
Executing CQL statements — execute prepared, paged, batch, and lightweight-transaction statements.
Data types — map CQL values to Go values.
Load balancing — route requests to replicas, data centers, and shards.
Retry policy configuration — control failed execution attempts and statement idempotence.
Speculative execution — start additional attempts for slow idempotent requests.