creating multiple columns inside a column

2011-03-09 Thread James Ram
Hi, I am new to HBase. Is it possible to create columns inside a column? I am trying to design an hbase table with several column families (~100). In each column family there will be several columns. Additionally, i*nside each column* I want to create a few columns. Is this possible? If so, is

Re: creating multiple columns inside a column

2011-03-09 Thread Ryan Rawson
Better not to use 100 column families...perf might be strange and not optimal. Also you can encode complex data structures inside a column, using for example json, thrift, etc. sup yes basically. But hbase won't help you much there. On Mar 9, 2011 10:06 PM, James Ram hbas...@gmail.com wrote: Hi,