Any comments please ?
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Aklin_81 <asdk...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have seen supercolumns usage been discouraged most of the times. > However sometimes the supercolumns seem to fit the scenario most > appropriately not only in terms of how the data is stored but also in > terms of how is it retrieved. Some of the queries supported by SCs are > uniquely capable of doing the task which no other alternative schema > could do.(Like recently I asked about getting the equivalent of > retrieving a list of (full)supercolumns by name, through use of > composite columns, unfortunately there was no way to do this without > reading lots of extra columns). > > So I am really confused whether: > > 1. Should I really not use the supercolumns for any case at all, > however appropriate, or I just need to be just careful while realizing > that supercolumns fit my use case appropriately or what!? > > 2. Are there any performance concerns with supercolumns even in the > cases where they are used most appropriately. Like when you need to > retrieve the entire supercolumns everytime & max. no of subcolumns > vary between 0-10. > (I don't write all the subcolumns inside supercolumn, at once though! > Does this also matter?) > > 3. What is their future? Are they going to be deprecated or may be > enhanced later?
