You would get UUID object from cassandra API. Then you may use uuid.timestamp() to get time stamp for the same
-Vivek On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Theo Hultberg <t...@iconara.net> wrote: > no, there's no way. you should generate the TIMEUUID on the client side so > that you have it. > > T# > > > On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 1:01 AM, Andy Atj2 <andya...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm writing a Java client to a Cassandra db. >> >> One of the main primary keys is a timeuuid. >> >> I plan to do INSERTs using now() and have Cassandra generate the value of >> the timeuuid. >> >> After the INSERT, I need the Cassandra-generated timeuuid value. Is there >> an easy wsay to get it, without having to re-query for the record I just >> inserted, hoping to get only one record back? Remember, I don't have the PK. >> >> Eg, in every other db there's a way to get the generated PK back. In sql >> it's @@identity, in oracle its...etc etc. >> >> I know Cassandra is not an RDBMS. All I want is the value Cassandra just >> generated. >> >> Thanks, >> Andy >> >> >
