If you are a Hector user, TimeUUIDUtils can be used to create Time UUIDs. https://github.com/rantav/hector/blob/master/core/src/main/java/me/prettyprint/cassandra/utils/TimeUUIDUtils.java
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Kallin Nagelberg <kallin.nagelb...@gmail.com > wrote: > Maybe I can just use java5's UUID.. Need to research how this is > effective across multiple clients.. > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Kallin Nagelberg > <kallin.nagelb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey, > > > > I am developing a session management system using Cassandra and need > > to generate unique sessionIDs (cassandra columnfamily keys). Does > > anyone know of an elegant/simple way to accomplish this? I am not sure > > about using time based uuids on the client as there a chance that > > multiple clients could generate the same ID. I've heard suggestions of > > using zookeeper as a source for the IDs, but was just hoping that > > there might be something simpler for my purposes. > > > > Thanks, > > -Kal > > >
