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Ricky Saltzer commented on HBASE-6972:
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Here's a sample of the issue...
*Intention*: Delete entire row
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*Table*: test
*Row*: row2
{noformat}
hbase(main):008:0> deleteall 'test', 'row2'
ERROR: wrong number of arguments (2 for 3)
Here is some help for this command:
Delete all cells in a given row; pass a table name, row, and optionally
a column and timestamp. Examples:
hbase> deleteall 't1', 'r1'
hbase> deleteall 't1', 'r1', 'c1'
hbase> deleteall 't1', 'r1', 'c1', ts1
The same commands also can be run on a table reference. Suppose you had a
reference
t to table 't1', the corresponding command would be:
hbase> t.deleteall 'r1'
hbase> t.deleteall 'r1', 'c1'
hbase> t.deleteall 'r1', 'c1', ts1
{noformat}
> HBase Shell deleteall requires column to be defined
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> Key: HBASE-6972
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-6972
> Project: HBase
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: shell
> Reporter: Ricky Saltzer
>
> It appears that the shell does not allow users to delete a row without
> specifying a column (deleteall). It looks like the deleteall.rb used to
> pre-define column as nil, making it optional.
> I've created a patch and confirmed it to be working in standalone mode, I
> will upload it shortly.
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