On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Peter Chang <pete...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My original post is probably confusing. I was originally talking about > columns and I don't see what the solution is. Sorry, I misunderstood. * "So I was thinking I set the subcolumn compareWith to UTF8Type or > BytesType and construct a key [for the subcolumn, not a row key] * > * > * > *[user's lastname + user's firstname + user's uuid]* > * * > *This would result in sorted subcolumn and user list."* > * > * > Nevertheless, I still don't see/understand the solution. Let's say the > person's name changes. The sort is no longer valid. That column value would > need to be changed in order for the sort to be correct. > When their name changes, you delete the existing column and insert a new one with the correct name, which will then sort correctly. -Brandon
