Once a family exists, you don't need to add columns. Just insert rows using the family:column key. Think of it like a hashmap.
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 12:27 AM, Nishant Khurana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I was looking at the API Docs and HQL shell to create tables for Hbase. I > couldn't figure out : > 1) How to create column families such that each column family contains more > than one column through shell. > 2) Also if I want to do it programmatically, HColumnDescriptor class only > lets you create column families with single columns. Is there a way to do it > ?
