>> Is it possible to do something similar with CQL (e.g. could I be >> returned the generated timeuuid from >> now() somehow?) No. Writes to not read, and the state of the row after your write may or may not be one include all of the columns your write included.
Cheers ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Cassandra Consultant New Zealand @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 27/03/2013, at 8:56 AM, "Hiller, Dean" <dean.hil...@nrel.gov> wrote: > Not really but things like PlayOrm generate your id for you and set your > id when you have @NoSqlId (that is, if you are in java). > > Later, > Dean > > On 3/26/13 1:42 PM, "Gareth Collins" <gareth.o.coll...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have a question on if I could do something in Cassandra similar to >> what I can do in SQL. >> >> In SQL (e.g. SQL Server), if I have a generated primary key, I can get >> the generated primary key >> back as a result for the insert statement. >> >> Is it possible to do something similar with CQL (e.g. could I be >> returned the generated timeuuid from >> now() somehow?). It certainly makes my client code cleaner if this >> were possible (it is a "nice to have"). >> >> thanks in advance, >> Gareth >
