Re: TimeUUID vs Epoch

2010-08-13 Thread Mark
fused on when I should be using TimeUUID vs Epoch/Long when I want columns ordered by time. I know it sounds strange and the obvious choice should be TimeUUID but I'm not sure why that would be preferred over just using the Epoch stamp? The pretty much seem to accomplish the same thing howe

Re: TimeUUID vs Epoch

2010-08-13 Thread Sylvain Lebresne
erts, then you want TimeUUID >> since >> they assure you that even if generated at the exact same time, the key >> will be different >> (plus if your UUID generator is not too bad, it will give you better >> precision than the >> epoch/long one). >> >> --

Re: TimeUUID vs Epoch

2010-08-13 Thread Mark
3, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Mark wrote: I'm a little confused on when I should be using TimeUUID vs Epoch/Long when I want columns ordered by time. I know it sounds strange and the obvious choice should be TimeUUID but I'm not sure why that would be preferred over just using the Epoch sta

Re: TimeUUID vs Epoch

2010-08-13 Thread Sylvain Lebresne
a little confused on when I should be using TimeUUID vs Epoch/Long when > I want columns ordered by time. I know it sounds strange and the obvious > choice should be TimeUUID but I'm not sure why that would be preferred over > just using the Epoch stamp? > > The pretty much see

TimeUUID vs Epoch

2010-08-13 Thread Mark
I'm a little confused on when I should be using TimeUUID vs Epoch/Long when I want columns ordered by time. I know it sounds strange and the obvious choice should be TimeUUID but I'm not sure why that would be preferred over just using the Epoch stamp? The pretty much seem to acco