On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Utku Can Topçu <u...@topcu.gen.tr> wrote: > Hey All, > > First of all I'll start with some questions on the default behavior of > get_range_slices method defined in the thrift API. > > Given a keyrange with start-key "kstart" and end-key "kend", assuming > kstart<kend; > * Is it true that I'll get the range [kstart,kend) (kstart inclusive, kend > exclusive)?
[start, end] > * What's the default order of the rows in the result list? (assuming I am > using an OPP) lexically by unicode code point > * (How) can we reverse the sorting order? write your own ReversedOPP. but maybe you mean "how do we scan in reversed order," in which case the answer is, "extend ColumnFamilyStore.getRangeRows" (not for the faint of heart, but not impossible). > * What would be the behavior in the case kstart>kend? Will I get an empty > result list? pretty sure it will error out. easy to verify experimentally. > Secondly, I have use case where I need to access the latest updated rows? > How can this be possible? Writing a new partitioner? No. You'd want to maintain a separate row containing the most recent updates. -- Jonathan Ellis Project Chair, Apache Cassandra co-founder of Riptano, the source for professional Cassandra support http://riptano.com
