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Balazs Meszaros commented on HBASE-20581: ----------------------------------------- +1 ship it! > HBase book documentation wrong for REST operations on schema endpoints > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HBASE-20581 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-20581 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Bug > Components: documentation > Reporter: Kevin Risden > Assignee: Josh Elser > Priority: Critical > Attachments: HBASE-20581.001.patch > > > On [https://hbase.apache.org/book.html#_using_rest_endpoints] > The documentation states that to update a table schema (the configuration for > a column family), the {{PUT}} HTTP verb will update the current configuration > with the "fragment" of configuration provided, while the {{POST}} HTTP verb > will replace the current configuration with whatever is provided. > In reality, the opposite is true: {{POST}} updates the configuration, {{PUT}} > replaces. The old javadoc for the o.a.h.h.rest package got it right, but the > entry on the HBase book transposed this. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)