I can't quite decide if to go with a flat schema, with keys repeated in different CFs or have one CF with nested supercolumns.
I guess there is no straight answer here, but what's a good reasoning about the choice? This two mutation maps should clarify my dillemma: deep_mutation_map = { 'example_item': { 'Items': [ Mutation(SuperColumn('details', [ Column('title', 'an article'), Column('link', 'www.example.com') ])), Mutation(SuperColumn('likers', [ Column('user_1', 'xx'), Column('user_2', 'xx') ])) ] } } flat_mutation_map = { 'example_item': { 'Item_Info': [ Mutation(Column('title', 'an_article')), Mutation(Column('link', 'www.example.com')), ], 'Item_likers': [ Mutation(Column('user_1', 'xx')), Mutation(Column('user_2', 'xx')) ] } } On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Jonathan Ellis <jbel...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Matteo Caprari <matteo.capr...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Jonathan Ellis <jbel...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> That's true. So you'd want to use a custom comparator where first 64 >>> bits is the Long and the rest is the userid, for instance. >>> >>> (Long + something else is common enough that we might want to add it >>> to the defaults...) >> >> What about using a SuperColumn for each like-count and then the list >> of users that hit that level? > > That would also work, it's just a little clunky pulling things out of > a nested structure when really you want a flat list. But if you are > allergic to Java that is the way to go so you don't have to write a > custom AbstractType subclass. :) > > -Jonathan > -- :Matteo Caprari matteo.capr...@gmail.com