> So why do the "start" and "finish" range parameters exist?
Because especially if you want to iterate over all your key (which as stated by Ben above is the only meaningful way to use get_range_slices() with the random partitionner), you'll want to paginate that. And that's where the 'start' and 'finish' are useful (to be fair, the 'finish' part is not so useful in practice with the random partitioner). -- Sylvain > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Ben Browning <ben...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Martin, >> >> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Dr. Martin Grabmüller >> <martin.grabmuel...@eleven.de> wrote: >> > I think you can specify an end key, but it should be a key which does >> > exist >> > in your column family. >> >> >> Logically, it doesn't make sense to ever specify an end key with >> random partitioner. If you specified a start key of "aaa" and and end >> key of "aac" you might get back as results "aaa", "zfc", "hik", etc. >> And, even if you have a key of "aab" it might not show up. Key ranges >> only make sense with order-preserving partitioner. The only time to >> ever use a key range with random partitioner is when you want to >> iterate over all keys in the CF. >> >> Ben >> >> >> > But maybe I'm off the track here and someone else here knows more about >> > this >> > key range stuff. >> > >> > Martin >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > From: David Boxenhorn [mailto:da...@lookin2.com] >> > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 2:30 PM >> > To: user@cassandra.apache.org >> > Subject: Re: Range search on keys not working? >> > >> > In other words, I should check the values as I iterate, and stop >> > iterating >> > when I get out of range? >> > >> > I'll try that! >> > >> > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Dr. Martin Grabmüller >> > <martin.grabmuel...@eleven.de> wrote: >> >> >> >> When not using OOP, you should not use something like 'CATEGORY/' as >> >> the >> >> end key. >> >> Use the empty string as the end key and limit the number of returned >> >> keys, >> >> as you did with >> >> the 'max' value. >> >> >> >> If I understand correctly, the end key is used to generate an end token >> >> by >> >> hashing it, and >> >> there is not the same correspondence between 'CATEGORY' and 'CATEGORY/' >> >> as >> >> for >> >> hash('CATEGORY') and hash('CATEGORY/'). >> >> >> >> At least, this was the explanation I gave myself when I had the same >> >> problem. >> >> >> >> The solution is to iterate through the keys by always using the last >> >> key >> >> returned as the >> >> start key for the next call to get_range_slices, and the to drop the >> >> first >> >> element from >> >> the result. >> >> >> >> HTH, >> >> Martin >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: David Boxenhorn [mailto:da...@lookin2.com] >> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 2:01 PM >> >> To: user@cassandra.apache.org >> >> Subject: Re: Range search on keys not working? >> >> >> >> The previous thread where we discussed this is called, "key is sorted?" >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:56 PM, David Boxenhorn <da...@lookin2.com> >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> I'm not using OPP. But I was assured on earlier threads (I asked >> >>> several >> >>> times to be sure) that it would work as stated below: the results >> >>> would not >> >>> be ordered, but they would be correct. >> >>> >> >>> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Torsten Curdt <tcu...@vafer.org> >> >>> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> Sounds like you are not using an order preserving partitioner? >> >>>> >> >>>> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 13:48, David Boxenhorn <da...@lookin2.com> >> >>>> wrote: >> >>>> > Range search on keys is not working for me. I was assured in >> >>>> > earlier >> >>>> > threads >> >>>> > that range search would work, but the results would not be ordered. >> >>>> > >> >>>> > I'm trying to get all the rows that start with "CATEGORY." >> >>>> > >> >>>> > I'm doing: >> >>>> > >> >>>> > String start = "CATEGORY."; >> >>>> > . >> >>>> > . >> >>>> > . >> >>>> > keyspace.getSuperRangeSlice(columnParent, slicePredicate, start, >> >>>> > "CATEGORY/", max) >> >>>> > . >> >>>> > . >> >>>> > . >> >>>> > >> >>>> > in a loop, setting start to the last key each time - but I'm >> >>>> > getting >> >>>> > rows >> >>>> > that don't start with "CATEGORY."!! >> >>>> > >> >>>> > How do I get all rows that start with "CATEGORY."? >> >>> >> >> >> > >> > > >
