if it's not set it will be the BytesTypes where validation is a no-op. IMHO best to keep that validation in your app.
Aaron On 19 Apr 2011, at 01:30, Sasha Dolgy wrote: > So, in the instance of a simple CF for user data: > > username > fullname > birthdate > > If birthdate is unix timestamp, it wont need the UTF8 validator. The > other 2 columns could. Does this then mean that a default should > -not- be set for the column family? > > -sd > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Jonathan Ellis <jbel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> No. >> >> But, it is not recommended to mix default_validation_class and column >> definitions. If you have a relatively static set of columns, column >> definitions are recommended.