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Subject: Re: Why do Digest Queries return hash instead of timestamp?
From: Boris Yen <yulinyen@gmail.com>
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I guess it is because the timestamp does not guarantee data consistency, but
hash does.

Boris

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 4:27 PM, David Boxenhorn <david@citypath.com> wrote:

> I just saw this
>
> http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DigestQueries
>
> and I was wondering why it returns a hash of the data. Wouldn't it be
> better and easier to return the timestamp? You don't really care what the
> data is, you only care whether it is more or less recent than another piece
> of data.
>

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I guess it is because the timestamp does not guarantee data consistency, bu=
t hash does.<div><br></div><div>Boris<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On =
Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 4:27 PM, David Boxenhorn <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:david@citypath.com">david@citypath.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir=3D"ltr">I just saw this<br><br><a =
href=3D"http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DigestQueries" target=3D"_blank">h=
ttp://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DigestQueries</a><br>
<br>and I was wondering why it returns a hash of the data. Wouldn&#39;t it =
be better and easier to return the timestamp? You don&#39;t really care wha=
t the data is, you only care whether it is more or less recent than another=
 piece of data. <br>

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