Re: Sorting by timestamp

2010-05-30 Thread David Boxenhorn
Tupshin, If I already have a text-based timestamp (e.g. from Oracle), and a unique id, is there any benefit to using timeuuid instead of just concatenating what I have: .? On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 6:28 AM, Tupshin Harper wrote: > Generate a timeuuid for each post based on the original timestamp.

Re: Sorting by timestamp

2010-05-29 Thread Tupshin Harper
Generate a timeuuid for each post based on the original timestamp. -Tupshin On May 29, 2010 7:50 PM, "Erik" wrote: Hi, I have a list of posts I'm trying to insert into Cassandra. Each post has a timestamp already (in the past) that is not necessarily unique. I'm trying to insert these posts

Sorting by timestamp

2010-05-29 Thread Erik
Hi, I have a list of posts I'm trying to insert into Cassandra. Each post has a timestamp already (in the past) that is not necessarily unique. I'm trying to insert these posts into Cassandra so that when I retrieve them, they are ordered chronologically. When I insert them, I can't guarantee