Thanks for your apply. I didn't read it carefully. Yong
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Doug Meil <doug.m...@explorysmedical.com> wrote: > > Hi there- > > You might want to see this in the Ref Guide. > > http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#arch.catalog > > "A region with an empty start key > is the first region in a table. If region has both an empty start > and an empty end key, its the only region in the table" > > > > > On 3/5/12 7:27 AM, "yonghu" <yongyong...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>Hello, >> >>My HBase version is 0.90.2 and installed in pseudo mode. I have >>successfully inserted two tuples in the 'test' table. >>hbase(main):005:0> scan 'test' >>ROW COLUMN+CELL >> jim column=course:english, >>timestamp=1330949116240, value=1.3 >> tom column=course:english, >>timestamp=1330949141314, value=1.5 >>2 row(s) in 0.0440 seconds >> >>But when I issued scan 'META.' command, the output is as follows >>hbase(main):004:0> scan '.META.' >>ROW COLUMN+CELL >> test,,1330949037296.78209 column=info:regioninfo, >>timestamp=1330949037572, value=REGION => {NAME => >> 59e66aaca7a4a1e736937cdba >>'test,,1330949037296.7820959e66aaca7a4a1e736937cdba89.', STARTKEY => >>'', >> 89. ENDKEY => '', ENCODED => >>7820959e66aaca7a4a1e736937cdba89, TABLE => {{NA >> ME => 'test', FAMILIES => [{NAME => >>'course', BLOOMFILTER => 'NONE', REPL >> ICATION_SCOPE => '0', COMPRESSION => >>'NONE', VERSIONS => '3', TTL => '214 >> 7483647', BLOCKSIZE => '65536', IN_MEMORY >>=> 'false', BLOCKCACHE => 'true >> '}]}} >> test,,1330949037296.78209 column=info:server, >>timestamp=1330949037730, value=huyong-laptop:60020 >> 59e66aaca7a4a1e736937cdba >> 89. >> test,,1330949037296.78209 column=info:serverstartcode, >>timestamp=1330949037730, value=1330944724819 >> 59e66aaca7a4a1e736937cdba >> 89. >>1 row(s) in 0.0310 seconds >> >>My question is that why the startkey and endkey fields are empty? As >>you see, the test table has two tuples. >> >>Thanks. >> >>Yong >> > >
