Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-cassandra-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 51422 invoked from network); 8 Apr 2010 06:32:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 8 Apr 2010 06:32:33 -0000 Received: (qmail 31182 invoked by uid 500); 8 Apr 2010 06:32:32 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-cassandra-user-archive@cassandra.apache.org Received: (qmail 31122 invoked by uid 500); 8 Apr 2010 06:32:32 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@cassandra.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@cassandra.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@cassandra.apache.org Received: (qmail 31114 invoked by uid 500); 8 Apr 2010 06:32:32 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-cassandra-user@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 31111 invoked by uid 99); 8 Apr 2010 06:32:31 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:32:31 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of paulrbrown@gmail.com designates 209.85.160.47 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.160.47] (HELO mail-pw0-f47.google.com) (209.85.160.47) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:32:22 +0000 Received: by pwj5 with SMTP id 5so1563330pwj.6 for ; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:32:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:subject:date:message-id:to:mime-version :x-mailer; bh=earRUHWaoEvyRbgAbIC79a+6QkM8Uy2+vdSzob9bSQo=; b=EqPaQvDNgez2INDv5GOxVtElkXLsYOPlDKXULfQuwBeaqCgngi74bR5/URnzy/knJj jc0igkL1VfJLn3wn90SADBcyOC29TPnUtRVBEHt7kZCl9/YuGn0Abcc72vYVDQEM4VvJ KDne9Vta642IJ/imxPMGedJbrNUYwW/8rolzk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:subject:date:message-id :to:mime-version:x-mailer; b=PcEfbgyhry/MftUeSzMjTYKVxTvFsE2Bx7WnPk5Oj9d285RyCFEtl/2+AAYY5bQo+T kdrX7E51rPJMpp1aoSysX86HHfkmxAq4CAtApWlc0sYYk9kpXbIHF1ZeLbPf2c52hskX SLDBBtVwzUZLiCihaJhwe4SHYBCSoo+WMHahA= Received: by 10.114.189.6 with SMTP id m6mr10176169waf.57.1270708321386; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:32:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.15.6] (c-67-171-25-115.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [67.171.25.115]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 21sm4313214pzk.4.2010.04.07.23.31.59 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:32:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul Brown Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Odd/incorrect getSlice behavior with 0.6.0rc1 Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 23:31:58 -0700 Message-Id: <19FE37D6-3FBD-4C65-8E6E-B1C2F5B07E41@gmail.com> To: cassandra-user@incubator.apache.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org > [Question about slice behavior from me] Bug? Misconception on my = part? The answer is misconception; I interpreted the behavior of get_slice to = be columns between X and Y, in ascending or descending depending on the = "reversed" flag, but it's a little different start =3D X, end =3D Y, reversed =3D false --> { col | X <=3D col <=3D Y } start =3D X, end =3D Y, reversed =3D true --> { col | Y <=3D col <=3D X } To be fair, this is more or less what the wiki doc says, although I = don't think that the analogy with SQL's ASC/DESC is accurate. -- Paul=