You are probably seeing this http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/FAQ#range_rp
Row keys are not ordered by their key, they are ordered by the token created by the partitioner. If you still think there is a problem provide an example of the data your are seeing and what you expected to see. Cheers ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Cassandra Developer @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 16 Jul 2011, at 06:09, Matthieu Nahoum wrote: > Hi Eric, > > I am using the default partitioner, which is the RandomPartitioner I guess. > The key type is String. Are Strings ordered by lexicographic rules? > > Thanks > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Eric Evans <eev...@rackspace.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 11:07 -0500, Matthieu Nahoum wrote: > > I am trying to range-query a column family on which the keys are > > epochs (similar to the output of System.currentTimeMillis() in Java). > > In CQL (Cassandra 0.8.1 with JDBC driver): > > > > SELECT * FROM columnFamily WHERE KEY > '1309205000000'; > > > > I can't get to have a result that make sense, it always returns wrong > > timestamps. So I must make an error somewhere in the way I input the > > querying value. I tried in clear (like above), in hexadecimal, etc. > > > > What is the correct way of doing this? Is it possible that my key is > > too long? > > What partitioner are you using? What is the key type? > > -- > Eric Evans > eev...@rackspace.com > > > > > -- > --------------------------------------- > Engineer at NAVTEQ > Berkeley Systems Engineer '10 > ENAC Engineer '09 > > 151 N. Michigan Ave. > Appt. 3716 > Chicago, IL, 60601 > USA > Cell: +1 (510) 423-1835 > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/matthieunahoum >
