Thank you for your reply. If I use a string only schema, how would the reader get to know the correct schema?
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Harsh J <[email protected]> wrote: > You can do this, sure. You just need a schema of string type or something > similar. > > Are you not concerned about the read time of the data you plan to store as > strings? Typically you write once and read more than once during processing. > > Storing the data types in proper serialized form would help greatly during > reads. > On Mar 4, 2014 8:54 AM, "yael aharon" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> I am writing a C++ library that stores arbitrary data to avro files. >> The schema is given to me through my library's API. >> All the data is given to me in the form of strings; including integers, >> doubles, etc. >> Is there a way for me to store this data to avro files without converting >> the strings to the correct types first? I am concerned about the >> performance impact that this conversion would have >> thanks, Yael >> >
