On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 3:34 PM, mcasandra <mohitanch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I wasn't aware that there is an index on primary key (that is row keys). So > from what I understand there is by default an index on for eg: 1111,2222 in > below example? Where can I read more about it? > > UserProfile = { // this is a ColumnFamily > 1111 { // this is the key to this Row inside the CF > // now we have an infinite # of columns in this row > username: "phatduckk", > email: "[hidden email]", > phone: "(900) 976-6666" > }, // end row > 2222 { // this is the key to another row in the CF > // now we have another infinite # of columns in this row > username: "ieure", > email: "[hidden email]", > phone: "(888) 555-1212" > age: "66", > gender: "undecided" > }, > } > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://cassandra-user-incubator-apache-org.3065146.n2.nabble.com/Understanding-Indexes-tp6058238p6061857.html > Sent from the cassandra-u...@incubator.apache.org mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. >
Dude! You are running before you can walk why are your worried about secondary indexing before you know what the primary index is? :) http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/ArchitectureOverview http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/ArchitectureSSTable