Bhupendra Kumar Jain created HBASE-13026: --------------------------------------------
Summary: 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 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)