Have you tried something like

alter 't1', METHOD => 'table_att_unset', NAME => 'TTL'

?

And I don't think you will need to rewrite anything.

JM

2013/6/24 Kireet <[email protected]>:
> I need to remove the TTL setting from an existing HBase table and remove the
> TTL from all existing rows. I think this is the proper command for removing
> the TTL setting:
>
> alter 't', {NAME => 'cf', TTL => '2147483647'}
>
> After doing this, do I need to rewrite all the existing data to remove the
> TTL for each cell, perhaps using the IdentityMapper M/R job?
>
> Thanks
> Kireet
>

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