On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Ben West <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, another question: are there issues with multiple puts having the > same timestamp? I.e. I write a value with timestamp = today 12:00. I later > change my mind and want to rewrite a different value but with the same > timestamp. Would that present problems? >
When you multiput, all get same timestamp. There is no notion of 'changing' values in hbase. You just add a new version. When hbase returns you the values, it will return them ordered by timestamp (if the new timestamp is ahead of 12:00, it will come out first.... else afterward). St.Ack
