H Seigal, importtsv tool is not applicable to your case.For advanced usage of bulkload, please dig into ImportTsv.java and check the JavaDoc for HFileOutputFormat. And https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-1861 is helpful if multi-family support is required.
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Sam Seigal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am using the importtsv tool to load some data into an hbase cluster. Some > of the row keys + cf:qualifier might occur more than once with a different > value in the files I have generated. I would expect this to just create two > versions of the record with the different values. However, I am only seeing > one version (the latest one) being created in the table. Is this expected > from the tool ? It does not look like from the code ... > > My table is set with the default to maintain up to 3 versions. > > Is this behavior expected ? > > Thank you, > > Sam > -- Best wishes Gan, Xiyun
