Yes: ignore everything you are doing in your MySQL schema and don't try to figure out how to map that to Cassandra. Figure out your queries and work back from there.
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Scott Mann <sdm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Although, I've done a bit of reading about Cassandra's data model and > I've set up a Cassandra pair, I'm still unsure as to what might be > best for my purposes. > > Briefly, I've got a set of strings A, B, and C. If needed, A could be > represented as an integer. Each A is associated with exactly one B or > C (but not both). A also has a number of parameters associated with it > which change over time. These changes, however, are reported with the > B or C identifier. > > Currently, in mysql, I have three tables, A', B', and C' each using A, > B, and C as keys. When an update arrives, the code searches for the > key (B or C) in the appropriate table, determines the associated A > (using a foreign key), and then updates the values in the table row in > A' with key=A. > > Anyone have ideas about how to model this in Cassandra? > > Thanks! > > -- > -Scott >
