1) You can use list of strings which are serialized JSONs, or use ByteBuffer with your own serialization as Jeremy suggested. 2) Use Cassandra 2.1 (not officially released yet) were there is new feature of user defined types.
Pavel On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Jeremy Jongsma <jer...@barchart.com> wrote: > Use a ByteBuffer value type with your own serialization (we use protobuf > for complex value structures) > On Jun 24, 2014 5:30 AM, "Tuukka Mustonen" <tuukka.musto...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I need to store a list of mixed types in Cassandra. The list may contain >> numbers, strings and booleans. So I would need something like list<?>. >> >> Is this possible in Cassandra and if not, what workaround would you >> suggest for storing a list of mixed type items? I sketched a few (using a >> list per type, using list of user types in Cassandra 2.1, etc.), but I get >> a bad feeling about each. >> >> Couldn't find an "exact" answer to this through searches... >> Regards, >> Tuukka >> >> P.S. I first asked this at SO before realizing the traffic there is very >> low: >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24380158/storing-a-list-of-mixed-types-in-cassandra >> >>
