title: Cassandra Update/Upsert does not set Static Column?
body: <p>I am trying to "Upsert" data into my table with CQLSSTableWriter. Everything works fine, except for my static column not being set correctly. They end up being null for every occasion. My static column is defined as <code>brand TEXT static</code>.</p>
  
  <p>After failing with the CQLSSTableWriter, I went into the cqlsh and tried to update the static column manually:</p>
  
  <pre><code>update keyspace.data set brand='Nestle' where id = 'whatever' and date = '2015-10-07';
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and with a batch as well (even though it should not matter)</p>
  
  <pre><code>begin batch 
  update keyspace.data set brand='Nestle' where id = 'whatever' and date = '2015-10-07'; 
  apply batch;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My "brand" column still shows null when I retrieve some of my data (<code>select * from keyspace.data LIMIT 100;</code>)</p>
  
  <p>My entire schema:</p>
  
  <pre><code>CREATE TABLE keyspace.data (
      id text,
      date text,
      ts timestamp,
      id_two text,
      brand text static,
      latitude double,
      longitude double,
      signals_double map&lt;text, double&gt;,
      signals_string map&lt;text, text&gt;,
      name text static,
      PRIMARY KEY ((id, date), ts, id_two)
  ) WITH CLUSTERING ORDER BY (ts ASC, id_two ASC);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The reason why I chose Update instead of Insert is because I have collections that I do not want to overwrite, but rather add more elements to. Using insert would overwrite the previously stored elements of my collections. </p>
  
  <p>Why can I not set a static column with an Update query?</p>