I think META table stores some info about tables .. is it not the case? On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Dan Washusen <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think the shell just performs a scan and iterates over all the rows, > counting as it goes. You could do the same with the client API... > > 2010/1/28 john smith <[email protected]> > > > Hi guys, > > > > Is there a way to get the rowcount of the table from java API .. I looked > > at > > HTable and HTableDesc... but I couldn't find it .. It is similar to > "count > > <tablename>" frm Hbase shell. > > > > Thanks > > J-S > > >
