James, yes you can do it.
You need to write your own input format to split each input on a specified tag 
boundary.

Sent from a remote device. Please excuse any typos...

Mike Segel

On Jun 3, 2011, at 6:50 AM, James Ram <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I would like to know if it's possible to put xml files in hdfs and have
> hbase pull out the data in those xml files.
> 
> We are thinking of a situation where the xml files will have elements
> corresponding to the columns in hbase.
> So ideally hbase should be able to pull the data corresponding to the
> columns from the xml files automatically.
> 
> -- 
> With Regards,
> Jr.

Reply via email to