On 13 June 2010 18:54, Benjamin Black <b...@b3k.us> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 12:53 AM, Torsten Curdt <tcu...@vafer.org> wrote: > > <rant> > > TBH while we are using super columns, the somehow feel wrong to me. I > > would be happier if we could move what we do with super columns into > > the row key space. But in our case that does not seem to be so easy. > > </rant> > > > > I'd be quite interested to learn what you are doing with super columns
that cannot be replicated with composite keys and range queries. > Range queries I think make them less useful, but only work if you're using OrderPreservingPartitioner. The OPP comes with its own caveats - your nodes are likely to become badly unbalanced, particularly if you use time-based keys. Mark