Victor, Rows, column qualifiers, and values are all byte[] in HBase. Since they can be any binary (but you cannot just put any binary data into XML or other formats) they must be encoded in some way. Base64 is a common way to represent binary data in ASCII.
JG > -----Original Message----- > From: victor.h...@nokia.com [mailto:victor.h...@nokia.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 7:54 AM > To: hbase-user@hadoop.apache.org; jesper.ut...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: Stargate response strange > > Hi Jesper, > > Thanks for answering my questions. Any reason that they are base64 > encoded? > > > On 3/25/10 3:31 AM, "ext Jesper Utoft" <jesper.ut...@gmail.com> wrote: > > As always they are base64 encoded. so you have to decode them! > > 2010/3/25 <victor.h...@nokia.com> > > > I am trying out using stargate as rest api interface to query my > table. > > > > Try > > http://localhost:8085/contacts/1 > > > > Got respnse > > > > <CellSet> > > <Row key="MQ=="> > > <Cell timestamp="1269484727327" > > column="bmFtZTpGaXJzdE5hbWU=">S2V2aW4=</Cell> > > </Row> > > </CellSet> > > > > The row key, column name, and value are all coded. Anyone seen this > problem > > before? > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > -Victor > >
