Only if you reuse a row key. Cheers ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Developer @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com
On 27/03/2012, at 6:38 AM, Ertio Lew wrote: > I need to use the range beyond the integer32 type range, so I am using Long > to write those keys. I am afraid if this might lead to collisions with the > previously stored integer keys in the same CF even if I leave out the int32 > type range. > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:51 PM, aaron morton <aa...@thelastpickle.com> > wrote: >> without them overlapping/disturbing each other (assuming that keys lie in >> above domains) ? > Not sure what you mean by overlapping. > > 42 as a int and 42 as a long are the same key. > > Cheers > > ----------------- > Aaron Morton > Freelance Developer > @aaronmorton > http://www.thelastpickle.com > > On 25/03/2012, at 9:47 PM, Ertio Lew wrote: > >> I have been writing rows to a CF all with integer(4 byte) keys. So my CF >> contains rows with keys in the entire range from Integer.MIN_VALUE to >> Integer.MAX_VALUE. >> >> Now I want to store Long type keys as well in this CF **without disturbing >> the integer keys. The range of Long type keys would be excluding the >> integers's range ie (-2^63 to -2^31) and (2^31 to 2^63). >> >> Would it be safe to mix the integer & long keys in single CF without them >> overlapping/disturbing each other (assuming that keys lie in above domains) ? > >
