Row key can certainly be of type long..you'd just have to set key_validataion_class to be LongType.
However, doing list on column family would throw an error..please look at http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/FAQ#a_long_is_exactly_8_bytes On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Thamizh <tceg...@yahoo.co.in> wrote: > Hi All, > > Is there a way to store number(longtype) as row key in Cassadra? > > I wanted to execute range query based on row key value. e.g $list > info[12345:]; . It should list all the rowkeys which are >= 12345. > > > Is there a way accompolish this in cassandra? Secondary index does not > helped me. So I am trying to store column value 'ip' as rowkey here. > > data model: > > create keyspace ipinfo with placement_strategy = > 'org.apache.cassandra.locator.SimpleStrategy' and strategy_options = > [{replication_factor:1}]; > > use rng; > > create column family info with comparator = AsciiType > and key_validation_class = UTF8Type > and column_metadata = > [{ > column_name : domain, > validation_class : UTF8Type, > index_type : 0, > index_name : domain_idx}, > { > column_name : ip, > validation_class : LongType, > index_type : 0, > index_name : ip_idx > }]; > > Regards, > Thamizhannal >
