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Posted to user@hbase.apache.org by Manoj Babu <ma...@gmail.com> on 2012/12/30 19:00:05 UTC

doubt reg rowkey alter

Hi All,

How to modify the rowkey of a existing row in HBase table.
Is it possible to modify with alter table command?

Cheers!
Manoj.

Re: doubt reg rowkey alter

Posted by Stack <st...@duboce.net>.

On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Manoj Babu <ma...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> How to modify the rowkey of a existing row in HBase table.
> Is it possible to modify with alter table command?
>

Copy original row's content to a new row with new key.  Delete the old.

The alter table command works on tables and their attributes, not on rows.

St.Ack