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Brian Johnson commented on PIG-4370:
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I debated using a flag vs "special" columns
org.apache.pig.backend.hadoop.hbase.HBaseStorage('cf1:w,cf1:kv,cf1:du,cf1:i,cf1:cr,DELETE',
'-noWAL') and decided to use a flag for now just due to the number of changes
required to support special columns. Support for special columns could be added
for both timestamp and delete in another ticket.
> HBaseStorage should support delete markers
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> Key: PIG-4370
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-4370
> Project: Pig
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Reporter: Brian Johnson
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> We have a case where writing "deletes" to HBase would be very useful in Pig.
> There is a precedent for delete operations -
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-5867
> so I think it's a valid use case for Pig especially considering that in HBase
> a delete is really a write of a tombstone marker
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