Hi Jonathan, Thanks for the update. Here's the feature request. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-1182
What's the timeline for the API redesign (HBASE-880)? If possible, it would be nice for this to be addressed sooner if that feature is still a long ways away from a release. Thanks. -Tom On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Jonathan Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom, > > This is not currently possible. > > The functionality you describe might be included as part of HBASE-880, > however it could be implemented with a Filter. > > Unfortunately it wouldn't be as easy as writing a new Class implementing > RowFilterInterface because RFI.filterColumn() and RFI.filterRow() do not > take timestamp. So you'd need to update RFI as well as the calls to filters > in the scanner code. > > Either way, it is a valid feature request. > > JG > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tom Nichols [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 10:47 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Scan for timestamp > some time >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm interesting in scanning for all columns inserted _after_ a certain >> timestamp. The getScanner methods that take a timestamp return all >> columns _before_ that time. Is there any way for me to accomplish >> what I'm trying to do without sending gobs of results over the wire >> that I have no interest in? Is this possible maybe via a >> RowFilterInterface impl? >> >> If it's not doable currently, is it a valid feature request? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> -Tom > >
