get_range_slices and tombstones

[Patrik Modesto <pa...@gmail.com>]

Hi!

I'm getting tombstones from get_range_slices(). I know that's normal.
But is there a way to know that a key is tombstone? I know tombstone
has no columns but I can create a row without any columns that would
look like a tombstone in get_range_slices().

Regards,
Patrik

Re: get_range_slices and tombstones

[Jonathan Ellis <jb...@gmail.com>]

You can't create a row with no columns without tombstones being
involved somehow. :)

There's no distinction between "a row with no columns because the
individual columns were removed," and "a row with no columns because
the row was removed."  the latter is just a more efficient expression
of the former.

On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:26 AM, Patrik Modesto <pa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm getting tombstones from get_range_slices(). I know that's normal.
> But is there a way to know that a key is tombstone? I know tombstone
> has no columns but I can create a row without any columns that would
> look like a tombstone in get_range_slices().
>
> Regards,
> Patrik
>



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