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Matteo Bertozzi commented on HBASE-13026: ----------------------------------------- +1 > Wrong error message in case incorrect snapshot name OR Incorrect table name > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HBASE-13026 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-13026 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 2.0.0 > Reporter: Bhupendra Kumar Jain > Priority: Minor > Attachments: > 0001-HBASE-13026-Wrong-error-message-in-case-incorrect-sn.patch > > > hbase(main):009:0> snapshot 't1', '.t1Snapshot' > ERROR: Illegal first character <46> at 0. {color:red}*Namespaces*{color} can > only start with alphanumeric characters': i.e. [a-zA-Z_0-9]: t1Snapshot > hbase(main):008:0> create '-test' , 'cf1' > ERROR: Illegal first character <45> at 0.{color:red}*Namespaces*{color} can > only start with alphanumeric characters': i.e. [a-zA-Z_0-9]: -test > >> As per message "Namespaces" is wrong. But in this scenario, snapshot / > >> table name start character is wrong. > Its because in the code the message is as below > {code} > if (qualifierName[start] == '.' || qualifierName[start] == '-') { > throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal first character <" + > qualifierName[0] + > "> at 0. Namespaces can only start > with alphanumeric " + > "characters': i.e. [a-zA-Z_0-9]: " + > Bytes.toString(qualifierName)); > {code} > The correct code should be as below > {code} > if (qualifierName[start] == '.' || qualifierName[start] == '-') { > throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal first character <" + > qualifierName[start] + > "> at 0. " + (isSnapshot ? > "Snapshot" : "User-space table") + > " qualifiers can only start with > 'alphanumeric " + > "characters': i.e. [a-zA-Z_0-9]: " + > Bytes.toString(qualifierName, start, > end)); > {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)