Thank you JG.
>>> is checking if the values there are the same as the ones you are trying
to insert?
Yes, that is right. I am doing this because there could be duplicate
values generated. In the current iteration of MR, I could generate a value
which was already present in that row/qualifier combination (it is
sufficient if the value be in any column).
Regards,
Raghava.
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Jonathan Gray <[email protected]> wrote:
> And for checkAndPut, from the javadoc:
>
> "Atomically checks if a row/family/qualifier value match the expectedValue.
> If it does, it adds the put."
>
> This can be used a number of ways. It sounds like what you're describing
> is checking if the values there are the same as the ones you are trying to
> insert? This wouldn't make much sense, why would you re-insert the same
> value? You specify a row, family, qualifier, and value. You also specify a
> Put.
>
> checkAndPut is an example of an atomic operation. I may want to only
> insert certain data if the value I expect is there at the time I am
> inserting. Think about updating account balances, state transitions, data
> processing, etc. You may read some data at an earlier point in time, do
> some processing, and then insert. When you do the insert, you only want it
> to happen if something else hasn't gone in during your process time and
> modified the data that was there.
>
> JG
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Raghava Mutharaju [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 1:47 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: question on Filtering and checkAndPut()
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Can the following type of value filter be possible -- Within a
> > row,
> > irrespective of the columns (qualifiers), the presence of a value
> > should be
> > checked. If that value is present then the row along with all the
> > columns
> > should be fetched.
> >
> > SingleColumnValueFilter requires the we specify the name of the
> > qualifier
> > but here I would like to check the value across all the qualifiers of
> > the
> > row. ValueFilter can be used but it does not return all the columns if
> > there
> > is a match - it only returns the matched column along with the row. So
> > I
> > want something which is a mix of both. Is this possible?
> >
> > Can someone please explain the functionality of checkAndPut() method in
> > HTable? I couldn't get it from the api doc. When I came across this
> > method,
> > my guess was that it would check for duplicate values -- for the given
> > (row,
> > family, qualifier) combination whether the given value is same as the
> > value
> > mentioned in put (for the same combination).
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Raghava.
>
