Use a ByteBuffer value type with your own serialization (we use protobuf for complex value structures) On Jun 24, 2014 5:30 AM, "Tuukka Mustonen" <tuukka.musto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > I need to store a list of mixed types in Cassandra. The list may contain > numbers, strings and booleans. So I would need something like list<?>. > > Is this possible in Cassandra and if not, what workaround would you > suggest for storing a list of mixed type items? I sketched a few (using a > list per type, using list of user types in Cassandra 2.1, etc.), but I get > a bad feeling about each. > > Couldn't find an "exact" answer to this through searches... > Regards, > Tuukka > > P.S. I first asked this at SO before realizing the traffic there is very > low: > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24380158/storing-a-list-of-mixed-types-in-cassandra > >
