I'm not completely sure what the latest Thrift behavior around this is (it's never been great), but this is one of the things that cql3 is designed to solve well. I would consider using cql3 if that's an option for you.
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Wei Zhu <wz1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Any thoughts? > > Thanks. > -Wei > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Wei Zhu <wz1...@yahoo.com> > *To:* Cassandr usergroup <user@cassandra.apache.org> > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 7, 2012 12:47 PM > *Subject:* composite column validation_class question > > Hi All, > I am trying to design my schema using composite column. One thing I am a > bit confused is how to define validation_class for the composite column, or > is there a way to define it? > for the composite column, I might insert different value based on the > column name, for example > I will insert date for column "created": > > set user[1]['7:1:100:created'] = 1351728000; > > and insert String for description > > set user[1]['7:1:100:desc'] = my description; > > I don't see a way to define validation_class for composite column. Am I > right? > > Thanks. > -Wei > > > > > > -- Tyler Hobbs DataStax <http://datastax.com/>