What would happen to this ?
System.out.println(c.compareTo(Bytes.toBytes("30")));
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Kevin <kevin.macksa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sure, try using the BinaryComparator. For example,
>
> BinaryComparator c = new BinaryComparator(Bytes.toBytes("200"));
> System.out.println(c.compareTo(Bytes.toBytes("201"))); // returns
> -1
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Frank Luo <j...@merkleinc.com> wrote:
>
> > That requires creating my own ByteArrayComparable class and deploy to all
> > servers, right?
> >
> > My company doesn't want to "customize" hbase, hence is not an option to
> me.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ted Yu [mailto:yuzhih...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 3:25 PM
> > To: user@hbase.apache.org
> > Subject: Re: Hbase: Is possible to filter by integer value if the value
> is
> > saved as string?
> >
> > Looks like you should be able to do so by passing your own comparator to:
> >
> > public SingleColumnValueFilter(final byte [] family, final byte []
> > qualifier,
> >
> > final CompareOp compareOp, final ByteArrayComparable comparator) {
> > Cheers
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Frank Luo <j...@merkleinc.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I don't think it is possible, but would like to confirm with smart
> > > folks out there.
> > >
> > > Supposing I have a cell storing an integer but in string presentation.
> > > For example, here is how I put a value of 200:
> > >
> > > put.add(family, qualifier, Bytes.toBytes("200"));
> > >
> > > Now, I want to scan with a filter that only return if the value is
> > > larger than 250. Is that possible?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > > Frank
> > >
> >
> >
>
