On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Nikhil Gupta <[email protected]> wrote:
> > However, this returns a cell with latest timestamp even when no value for > the requested timestamp exists in the table. Is this expected behavior? > > Yes. Thats how it used to 'work'. > The HBase architecture wiki doc example data model says that "...Thus a > request for the value of the *"contents:"* column at time stamp t8 would > return no value..." > > This doc. is wrong regards how 0.19 worked. 0.20.0 works more like you'd expect. If you provide explicit ts, and no such value, you will get a null response. Use TimeRange if you want the behavior you see in 0.19. St.Ack
