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Posted to user@hbase.apache.org by Peter Haidinyak <ph...@local.com> on 2011/03/23 19:01:24 UTC

Timestamp question

Hi,
   If I'm not using the timestamp for anything can I used it to store data?

Thanks

-Pete

RE: Timestamp question

Posted by Peter Haidinyak <ph...@local.com>.

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: jdcryans@gmail.com [mailto:jdcryans@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Jean-Daniel Cryans
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 11:13 AM
To: user@hbase.apache.org
Subject: Re: Timestamp question

The timestamp is used by HBase to control versions, it just happens to
be exposed to the user.

J-D

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Peter Haidinyak <ph...@local.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>   If I'm not using the timestamp for anything can I used it to store data?
>
> Thanks
>
> -Pete
>

Re: Timestamp question

Posted by Jean-Daniel Cryans <jd...@apache.org>.

The timestamp is used by HBase to control versions, it just happens to
be exposed to the user.

J-D

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Peter Haidinyak <ph...@local.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>   If I'm not using the timestamp for anything can I used it to store data?
>
> Thanks
>
> -Pete
>