Re: Key Index/Key Slices

2010-08-15 Thread Jonathan Ellis
ranges are always in token order. this is why ranges with a start and end are only useful with OrderPreservingPartioner, where token order is defined to be key order. On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Mark wrote: > Keys are indexed in Cassandra but are they ordered? If so, how? > > Do Key Slices

Key Index/Key Slices

2010-08-13 Thread Mark
Keys are indexed in Cassandra but are they ordered? If so, how? Do Key Slices work like Range Slices for columns.. ie I can give a start and end range? It seems like if they are not ordered (which I think is true) then performing KeyRanges would be somewhat inefficient or at least not as effic