The whole key space is not covered by the .META.

[茅旭峰]

Hi,

Is it possible that some table cannot cover the whole key space. What I saw
was like

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hbase(main):006:0> put 'table1', 'abc', 'cfEStore:dasd', '123'

0 row(s) in 0.3030 seconds

hbase(main):007:0> put 'table1', 'LCgwzrx2XTFkB2Ymz9HeJWPY0Ok=',
'cfEStore:dasd', '123'

ERROR: java.io.IOException: HRegionInfo was null or empty in .META.,
row=keyvalues={table1,LC_vN8JYweYYsnKaKbpOo67kUNA=,1300594695996.ba8e0bffb79bda039f6800f78ad22dcd./info:server/1300672190144/Put/vlen=14,
table1,LC_vN8JYweYYsnKaKbpOo67kUNA=,1300594695996.ba8e0bffb79bda039f6800f78ad22dcd./info:serverstartcode/1300672190144/Put/vlen=8}

Here is some help for this command:
Put a cell 'value' at specified table/row/column and optionally
timestamp coordinates.  To put a cell value into table 't1' at
row 'r1' under column 'c1' marked with the time 'ts1', do:

  hbase> put 't1', 'r1', 'c1', 'value', ts1

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I guess this means our table has lost some key range for the specific
key 'LCgwzrx2XTFkB2Ymz9HeJWPY0Ok=',
is this reasonable? I wonder what might cause this issue? How can I check
it?

One weird thing, I can see such lines like

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table1,LC3MILeAUy8HmRFgU5-ESE-9T7w=,1300519432575.0bdd3d8fa7fc710860a4ee51fc9c8625.
LC3MILeAUy8HmRFgU5-ESE-9T7w= LD4jOJWFyt4m7A3KGFST6d-uj3A=
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from the web UI, which I think means the table has holds the key range for
key 'LCgwzrx2XTFkB2Ymz9HeJWPY0Ok='

I also have not seen any errors/warnings in the log file. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.