Nope. Better to generate it yourself if you need it immediately. On Mar 28, 2014 6:46 PM, "Andy Atj2" <andya...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm writing a Java client to a Cassandra db. > > One of the main primary keys is a timeuuid. > > I plan to do INSERTs using now() and have Cassandra generate the value of > the timeuuid. > > After the INSERT, I need the Cassandra-generated timeuuid value. Is there > an easy way to get it, without having to re-query for the record I just > inserted, hoping to get only one record back? Remember, I don't have the > PK. > > Eg, in every other db there's a way to get the generated PK back. In sql > it's @@identity, in oracle its...etc etc. > > I know Cassandra is not an RDBMS. All I want is the value Cassandra just > generated. > > Thanks, > Andy >