Not sure that you can change the Table or Column Descriptors this way through a
coprocessor.
Did you try to create (or alter) the table such that keepDeleteCells is true:
hbase(main):026:0> create 'usertable', {NAME=>'cf', KEEP_DELETED_CELLS=>true}
0 row(s) in 1.1660 seconds
hbase(main):027:0> put 'usertable', "key1", 'cf:c1', "v1", 99
0 row(s) in 0.0320 seconds
hbase(main):028:0> delete 'usertable', "key1", 'cf:c1', 100
0 row(s) in 0.0050 seconds
hbase(main):029:0> get 'usertable', 'key1', {COLUMN => 'cf:c1', TIMESTAMP=> 99,
VERSIONS => 4}
COLUMN CELL
cf:c1 timestamp=99, value=v1
1 row(s) in 0.0150 seconds
Let me know how this works for you (generally). This is a new feature I added
to 0.94 to support true time-range queries.
-- Lars
----- Original Message -----
From: yun peng <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc:
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 1:53 PM
Subject: How to config hbase0.94.2 to retain deleted data
Hi, All,
I want to retain all deleted key-value pairs in hbase. I have tried to
config HColumnDescript as follow to make it return deleted.
public void postOpen(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment> e) {
HTableDescriptor htd = e.getEnvironment().getRegion().getTableDesc();
HColumnDescriptor hcd = htd.getFamily(Bytes.toBytes("cf"));
hcd.setKeepDeletedCells(true);
hcd.setBlockCacheEnabled(false);
}
However, it does not work for me, as when I issued a delete and then query
by an older timestamp, the old data does not show up.
hbase(main):119:0> put 'usertable', "key1", 'cf:c1', "v1", 99
hbase(main):120:0> put 'usertable', "key1", 'cf:c1', "v2", 101
hbase(main):121:0> delete 'usertable', "key1", 'cf:c1', 100
hbase(main):122:0> get 'usertable', 'key1', {COLUMN => 'cf:c1', TIMESTAMP
=> 99, VERSIONS => 4}
COLUMN CELL
0 row(s) in 0.0040 seconds
hbase(main):123:0> get 'usertable', 'key1', {COLUMN => 'cf:c1', TIMESTAMP
=> 100, VERSIONS => 4}
COLUMN CELL
0 row(s) in 0.0050 seconds
hbase(main):124:0> get 'usertable', 'key1', {COLUMN => 'cf:c1', TIMESTAMP
=> 101, VERSIONS => 4}
COLUMN CELL
cf:c1 timestamp=101, value=v2
1 row(s) in 0.0050 seconds
Note this is a new feature in 0.94.2
(HBASE-4536<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-4536>),
I did not find too many sample code online, so... any one here has
experience in using HBASE-4536. How should one config
hbase to enable this feature in hbase?
Thanks
Yun
