Hi Rams, yes. You can. See follows:
hbase(main):001:0> create 'test1','course' 0 row(s) in 1.6760 seconds hbase(main):002:0> put 'test1','tom','course',90 0 row(s) in 0.1040 seconds hbase(main):003:0> scan 'test1' ROW COLUMN+CELL tom column=course:, timestamp=1353925674312, value=90 1 row(s) in 0.0440 seconds regards! Yong On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Ramasubramanian Narayanan <ramasubramanian.naraya...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to insert into Hbase without specifying the column name > instead using the Column family name alone (assume there will not be any > field created for that column family name) > > regards, > Rams
