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Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 12:30:48 -0600
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Subject: Re: Using put for nullifying qualifiers
From: Tom Brown <tombrown52@gmail.com>
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I don't think you can include a delete with a put and keep it atomic.
You could include a null version of the column with your put, though,
for a similar effect.

--Tom

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Kristoffer Sj=F6gren <stoffe@gmail.com> w=
rote:
> Hi
>
> I'm trying to use Put operations to replace ("set") already existing rows
> by nullify certain columns and qualifiers as part of an Put operation.
>
> The reason I want to do this is 1) keep the operation atomic/consistent 2=
)
> avoid latency from first doing Delete then Put.
>
> Is there some way to do this kind of operation?
>
> Cheers,
> -Kristoffer