On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Michel Segel <[email protected]>wrote:
> So how do you check types in a column when the column isn't defined in the > Schema? > In this proposal, it's not up to HBase to enforce types or schema, just as it does not do these things today. What we're proposing is a set of utilities that take the burdon of correct serialization off of user code. I request that you please read the proposal in its entirety before commenting further. Thanks, Nick On Mar 15, 2013, at 10:06 AM, Nick Dimiduk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 5:25 AM, Michel Segel <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> You do realize that having to worry about one type is easier... > > > > For HBase developers, that's true. The side-effect is that those worries > > are pushed out into users' applications. Think of the application > developer > > who's accustomed to all the accoutrements provided by the Management > System > > part of an RDBMS. They pick up HBase and have none of that. I think the > > motivations outlined in the attached document make a good case for > bringing > > some of that burden out of users' applications. > > > > A bit more freedom... > > > > Support for raw byte[] doesn't go away. In this proposal, bytes remain > the > > core plumbing of the system. > > > > -n > > > > On Mar 14, 2013, at 11:51 AM, David Koch <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Nick, > >>> > >>> As an HBase user I would welcome this addition. In addition to the > >> proposed > >>> list of datatypes A UUID/GUID type would also be nice to have. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> /David > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Nick Dimiduk <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi all, > >>>> > >>>> I'd like to draw your attention to HBASE-8089. The desire is to add > type > >>>> support to HBase. There are two primary objectives: make the lives of > >>>> developers building on HBase easier, and facilitate better tools on > top > >> of > >>>> HBase. Please chime in with any feature suggestions you think we've > >> missed > >>>> in initial conversations. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> -n > >>>> > >>>> [0]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-8089 > >> >
