My original post is probably confusing. I was originally talking about columns and I don't see what the solution is.
* "So I was thinking I set the subcolumn compareWith to UTF8Type or BytesType and construct a key [for the subcolumn, not a row key] * * * *[user's lastname + user's firstname + user's uuid]* * * *This would result in sorted subcolumn and user list."* * * Nevertheless, I still don't see/understand the solution. Let's say the person's name changes. The sort is no longer valid. That column value would need to be changed in order for the sort to be correct. On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Brandon Williams <dri...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Peter Chang <pete...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> But wouldn't name + UUID be considered volatile? That was the crux of my >> questions. > > > It would, but the distinction here is that it is now a column, not a row > key. > > -Brandon >
