Only on a single machine with a single cpu. Multiple machines could still generate the same value. Multiple threads on the same machine could generate the same value.
The uuid log4j 2 uses accounts for this. The Cassandra FAQ wiki page discusses using a uuid but the project it references is unfortunately not thread safe - at least the last I checked. Ralph On Feb 14, 2013, at 5:11 AM, Madhu Gmail <[email protected]> wrote: > you can use time stamp along with nano seconds which would give unique row > key. > > Madhu Munagala > (214)679-2872 > > On Feb 13, 2013, at 10:35 PM, Sri Ramya <[email protected]> wrote: > >> hi, >> >> How to generate a unique row key for every event in flume- ng?? >> So that i can store data into cassandra. >> >> Thank you
