Re: Unique ID per URL

2012-05-17 Thread sagar naik
We use md5(url) That gives us a good distribution -Sagar On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Amit Sela wrote: > Hi all, > > One of our HBase tables holds URL as a row key. > > I read that it is recommended to hold the URL key as: reversed domain + > URL ID (using unique

Unique ID per URL

2012-05-17 Thread Amit Sela
Hi all, One of our HBase tables holds URL as a row key. I read that it is recommended to hold the URL key as: reversed domain + URL ID (using unique id per url.) I understand the part of reversed domain but could anyone elaborate about unique id per url, maybe give an example ? Thanks.