Adding Hash data to a column

[Rockyyost]

I was trying to add a hash as a value to a column, but was stopped by Thrift. Doesn't HBase support embedded data? Is there anyway to save that through Thrift?

Thanks,
Rockt

[nkeyes]

You need to serialize the data yourself, HBase only really deals with strings and numbers.

if you're using OkHbase::ActiveModel, you can do something like:

User < OkHbase::ActiveModel

  def self.table_name
    'users'
  end

  def self.connection
    @ok_hbase_connection ||= OkHbase::Connection.new(...)
  end

  def preferences=(val)
    super val.to_json # serialize before saving field
  end

  def preferences
    JSON.parse(super).with_indifferent_access # deserialize field
  end
end

[Rockyyost]

Oh okay. Cool, thank you!