Hi Mohit,
A table must be disabled first in order to get deleted.
Regards,
Mohammad Tariq
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 1:38 AM, Mohit Anchlia <mohitanch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to drop one of the tables but on the shell I get run
> major_compact. I have couple of questions:
>
> 1. How to see if this table has more than one region?
> 2. And why do I need to run major compact
>
>
> hbase(main):010:0* drop 'SESSION_TIMELINE'
>
> ERROR: Table SESSION_TIMELINE is enabled. Disable it first.'
>
> Here is some help for this command:
>
> Drop the named table. Table must first be disabled. If table has
>
> more than one region, run a major compaction on .META.:
>
> hbase> major_compact ".META."
