Re: Key/row names?

2010-02-02 Thread Jonathan Ellis 
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Erik Holstad erikhols...@gmail.com wrote:
 Is there a way to use a byte[] as the key instead of a string?

no.

 If not what is the main reason for using strings for the key but
 the columns and the values can be byte[]?

historical baggage.  we might switch to byte[] keys in 0.7.

-Jonathan

Re: Key/row names?

2010-02-02 Thread Erik Holstad 
Thank you!

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Jonathan Ellis jbel...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Erik Holstad erikhols...@gmail.com
 wrote:
  Is there a way to use a byte[] as the key instead of a string?

 no.

  If not what is the main reason for using strings for the key but
  the columns and the values can be byte[]?

 historical baggage.  we might switch to byte[] keys in 0.7.

 -Jonathan




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Regards Erik