If there is ambiguity, something else is wrong and you should probably stick with a regular CF. If you are indexing a regular CF with an SCF you are probably doing it right. If you are trying to model some hierarchical structure from your problem domain, I really recommend just using composite keys and OPP.
b On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:33 AM, David Boxenhorn <da...@lookin2.com> wrote: > I have a column family that doesn't need to be a supercolumn family right > now, but I think it *might* need to be one in the future. I'm considering > making it a supercolumn family with only one supercolumn per row to give me > flexibility going forward. > > My question: Is there a penalty to this? If there is, I will make it a > regular column family and hope for the best. >
