Ok.. So how do you check types in a column when the column isn't defined in the Schema?
Sent from a remote device. Please excuse any typos... Mike Segel On Mar 15, 2013, at 10:06 AM, Nick Dimiduk <ndimi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 5:25 AM, Michel Segel > <michael_se...@hotmail.com>wrote: > >> You do realize that having to worry about one type is easier... > > For HBase developers, that's true. The side-effect is that those worries > are pushed out into users' applications. Think of the application developer > who's accustomed to all the accoutrements provided by the Management System > part of an RDBMS. They pick up HBase and have none of that. I think the > motivations outlined in the attached document make a good case for bringing > some of that burden out of users' applications. > > A bit more freedom... > > Support for raw byte[] doesn't go away. In this proposal, bytes remain the > core plumbing of the system. > > -n > > On Mar 14, 2013, at 11:51 AM, David Koch <ogd...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Nick, >>> >>> As an HBase user I would welcome this addition. In addition to the >> proposed >>> list of datatypes A UUID/GUID type would also be nice to have. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> /David >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Nick Dimiduk <ndimi...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I'd like to draw your attention to HBASE-8089. The desire is to add type >>>> support to HBase. There are two primary objectives: make the lives of >>>> developers building on HBase easier, and facilitate better tools on top >> of >>>> HBase. Please chime in with any feature suggestions you think we've >> missed >>>> in initial conversations. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> -n >>>> >>>> [0]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-8089 >>
