Actually, the length limit on a cell is not enforced anywhere. I suppose it was put there because someone thought that it might be useful at some point in time. For practical purposes, a row (including row and column keys and values) should be less than the maximum region size (which is configurable and defaults to 256MB)
--- Jim Kellerman, Senior Engineer; Powerset > -----Original Message----- > From: Rong-en Fan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: length of row key and column name > > On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 10:35 PM, Jim Kellerman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, there is no way to specify the maximum length of a row > key or a column name. > > ok. Speaking of length limit, what's the rationale behind the > limit on cell? > Any performance reason or just a limit for convenience? > > Thanks, > Rong-En fan > > > --- > > Jim Kellerman, Senior Engineer; Powerset > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Rong-en Fan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 2:50 AM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: length of row key and column name > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> I know that we can have length limit for the cell when creating a > >> table. But I'm not sure if there are any lengh limit of > the row key > >> and the column name? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Rong-En Fan > >> > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > >> Checked by AVG. > >> Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.23.21/1454 - Release > >> Date: 5/19/2008 7:44 AM > >> > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.23.21/1454 - Release Date: > > 5/19/2008 7:44 AM > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.23.21/1454 - Release > Date: 5/19/2008 7:44 AM > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.23.21/1454 - Release Date: 5/19/2008 7:44 AM
