thanks. I will give it a try
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 2:58 AM, Laxman <[email protected]> wrote: > Rita, > > I guess you are looking for something similar to RBDMS (say, oracle) is > providing. > > If that is the case, Exporting table structure alone doesn’t make much > sense > in HBase case as HBase table can contain unstructured data. > I mean, number of column qualifiers (Equivalent with Oracle columns) is not > fixed. > > Otherwise, as Stack mentioned, you can use describe command output to > recreate a table (manually). > > -- > Regards, > Laxman > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > Stack > > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:53 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: export schema only > > > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Rita <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Is it possible to export table schema only versus exporting the > > entire > > > table? I need this so I can create a separate table for QA purposes. > > > > > > > In shell, if you do 'describe TABLENAME', the output can be used > > create the table IIRC. > > > > Let us know if it doesn't work. > > > > St.Ack > > -- --- Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.--
