You can use HTable.checkAndPut(): boolean checkAndPut(byte[] row, byte[] family, byte[] qualifier,
byte[] value, Put put) throws IOException; Take a look at its javadoc for details. Cheers On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:46 AM, victorspivak <victor.spi...@gmail.com>wrote: > I saw a similar question but not exactly what I have.I have a row with > several fields. I would like to update these fields for one row in a batch > (i assume it will be atomic) but I would like to update them if one of > these > fields value satisfy a condition. What are my options? Thanks, Victor > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://apache-hbase.679495.n3.nabble.com/Batch-and-checkAndPut-tp4046139.html > Sent from the HBase Developer mailing list archive at Nabble.com.