it is. but why do you want to do that? you will run into issues once your data starts growing. each cell, along with the actual value stores few additional things, *row, column *and the *version. *as a result you will loose space if you do that.
Best Regards, Tariq +91-9741563634 https://mtariq.jux.com/ On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Ramasubramanian Narayanan < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is it ok to have same column into different column familes? > > regards, > Rams > > On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Mohammad Tariq <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > you are creating 2 different rows here. cf means how column are clubbed > > together as a single entity which is represented by that cf. but here you > > are creating 2 different rows having one cf each, CF1 and CF2 > respectively. > > if you want to have 1 row with 2 cf, you have to do use same rowkey for > > both the cf. > > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > Tariq > > +91-9741563634 > > https://mtariq.jux.com/ > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Ramasubramanian Narayanan < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > *Table Name : Customer* > > > * > > > * > > > *Field Name Column Family* > > > Customer Number CF1 > > > DOB CF1 > > > FName CF1 > > > MName CF1 > > > LName CF1 > > > Address Type CF2 > > > Address Line1 CF2 > > > Address Line2 CF2 > > > Address Line3 CF2 > > > Address Line4 CF2 > > > State CF2 > > > City CF2 > > > Country CF2 > > > > > > Is it good to have rowkey as follows for the same table? > > > > > > Rowkey Design: > > > -------------- > > > For CF1 : Customer Number + YYYYMMD (business date) > > > For CF2 : Customer Number + Address Type > > > > > > Note : > > > Address Type can be any of HOME/OFFICE/OTHERS > > > > > > regards, > > > Rams > > > > > >
