Versions is what you're talking about, and by default all queries return the latest version of updated values.
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Mohit Anchlia <mohitanch...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Harsh J <ha...@cloudera.com> wrote: > >> Hey Mohit, >> >> See http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#schema.smackdown.rowscols > > > Thanks! Is there a way in HBase to get the most recent inserted column? Or > a way to sort columns such that I can manage how many columns I want to > read? In timeseries we might be interested in only most recent data point. > >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:56 PM, Mohit Anchlia <mohitanch...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Is there any recommendation on how many columns one should have per row. >> My >> > columns are < 200 bytes. This will help me to decide if I should shard my >> > rows with id + <some date/time value>. >> >> >> >> -- >> Harsh J >> -- Harsh J
