IMO deleting is always better. It is better to not store the column if
there is no value associated.
-Naren
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Drew Kutcharian <d...@venarc.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Let's say I have the following object which I would like to save in
> Cassandra:
>
> class User {
> UUID id; //row key
> String name; //columnKey: "name", columnValue: the name of the user
> String description; //columnKey: "description", columnValue: the
> description of the user
> }
>
> Description can be nullable. What's the best approach when a user updates
> her description and sets it to null? Should I delete the description column
> or set it to an empty string?
>
> In addition, if I go with the delete column strategy, since I don't know
> what was the previous value of description (the column could not even
> exist), what would happen when I delete a non existent column?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Drew
>
>
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