Author: dmeil
Date: Wed Feb 15 20:47:30 2012
New Revision: 1244706
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1244706&view=rev
Log:
hbase-5409 book.xml - adding section on sort-order in Data Model chapter
Modified:
hbase/trunk/src/docbkx/book.xml
Modified: hbase/trunk/src/docbkx/book.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/hbase/trunk/src/docbkx/book.xml?rev=1244706&r1=1244705&r2=1244706&view=diff
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--- hbase/trunk/src/docbkx/book.xml (original)
+++ hbase/trunk/src/docbkx/book.xml Wed Feb 15 20:47:30 2012
@@ -527,6 +527,13 @@ htable.put(put);
</section>
</section>
</section>
+ <section xml:id="dm.sort">
+ <title>Sort Order</title>
+ <para>All data model operations HBase return data in sorted order.
First by row,
+ then by ColumnFamily, followed by column qualifier, and finally
timestamp (sorted
+ in reverse, so newest records are returned first).
+ </para>
+ </section>
<section xml:id="dm.column.metadata">
<title>Column Metadata</title>
<para>There is no store of column metadata outside of the internal
KeyValue instances for a ColumnFamily.
