Keys are always sorted (in 0.6) as UTF8 strings. The CompareWith applies to _columns_ within rows, _not_ to row keys.
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:44 PM, S Ahmed <sahmed1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Where is the link that describes the various key types and their impact on > sorting? (I believe I read it before, can't seem to find it now). > So my application supports multi-tenants, so I need the keys to represent > things like: > website1123 + contentID > or > website3454 + userID > And for range queries, these keys have to be grouped together obviously. > What key type would be best suited for this? > > > I might have to create a CF that maps the website and its key prefix?
