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Edward Yoon updated HADOOP-2339: -------------------------------- Attachment: 2339_v02.patch Ok. Drop has a different mean. So,... column_name1[, column_name2, ...] or COLUMNFAMILIES(column1[, column2]) ex. DELETE column:, column:a, column:b FROM table; // delete the specified columns DELETE COLUMNFAMILIES(column1, column2) FROM table; // delete the columnfamilies DELETE * FROM table; {code} hql > select * from udanax; +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ | Row | Column | Cell | +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ | a | b: | bb3 | +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ | a | c: | cc | +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ | b | b: | bb2 | +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ | b | c: | cc2 | +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ | c | b:aa | aa | +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ | c | c: | bb | +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ 6 row(s) in set. (0.06 sec) hql > delete 'b:aa' from udanax; 1 Column(s) deleted successfully. (0.03 sec) hql > select * from udanax; +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ | Row | Column | Cell | +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ | a | b: | bb3 | +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ | a | c: | cc | +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ | b | b: | bb2 | +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ | b | c: | cc2 | +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ | c | c: | bb | +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ 5 row(s) in set. (0.06 sec) hql > delete columnfamilies(c) from udanax; delete columnfamilies(c) from udanax; Dropping c:... Please wait. 07/12/04 16:36:38 INFO hbase.HBaseAdmin: Disabled table udanax 07/12/04 16:36:38 INFO hbase.HBaseAdmin: Enabled table udanax 1 columnfamily(s) deleted successfully. (10.12 sec) hql > select * from udanax; select * from udanax; +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ | Row | Column | Cell | +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ | a | b: | bb3 | +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ | b | b: | bb2 | +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ 2 row(s) in set. (0.07 sec) hql > {code} > [Hbase Shell] Delete command with no WHERE clause > ------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-2339 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-2339 > Project: Hadoop > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: contrib/hbase > Affects Versions: 0.16.0 > Reporter: Edward Yoon > Assignee: Edward Yoon > Fix For: 0.16.0 > > Attachments: 2339.patch, 2339_v02.patch > > > using HbaseAdmin.deleteColumn() method. > {code} > DELETE column_name FROM table_name; > {code} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.