I have just gone through the code and trying answering ur questions. >From what I currently understand, this operation allows me to append bytes to an existing cell. Yes >Does this append by creating a new cell with a new timestamp? Yes >Does this update the cell while maintaining its timestamp? No. It is new cell . There is no actual cell update in HBase >Assuming I have several versions already, may I choose which version to append to? No u cant. It appends to the latest version.
-Anoop- On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 5:37 PM, Christophe Taton <ta...@wibidata.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to understand the append operation introduced in 0.94. > Is there a documentation or a specification somewhere? > > The javadoc for Append does not provide any detail. > The HBase book doesn't mention this operation. > I found some fragmented info in several JIRA issues, but nothing reliable. > > From what I currently understand, this operation allows me to append bytes > to an existing cell. > Does this append by creating a new cell with a new timestamp? > Does this update the cell while maintaining its timestamp? > Assuming I have several versions already, may I choose which version to > append to? > > Thanks in advance, > C. >
