If the maximum number of versions is set to 1 for your table, you would already have what you wanted.
Normally max versions being 1 is not desired, that was why I asked about your use case. Cheers On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Kristoffer Sjögren <sto...@gmail.com>wrote: > What would you suggest? I want the operation to be atomic. > > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Ted Yu <yuzhih...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > What is the maximum number of versions do you allow for the underlying > > table ? > > > > Thanks > > > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Kristoffer Sjögren <sto...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > > > > Is it possible to completely overwrite/replace a row in a single > _atomic_ > > > action? Already existing columns and qualifiers should be removed if > they > > > do not exist in the data inserted into the row. > > > > > > The only way to do this is to first delete the row then insert new data > > in > > > its place, correct? Or is there an operation to do this? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > -Kristoffer > > > > > >