Got it! I looked at the opposite way: "How to get only the row where it's
null". Toby is correct.

JM


2013/10/24 Toby Lazar <[email protected]>

> I think Ted is looking for the SingleColumnValueFilter.setFilterIfMissing()
> method.  Try setting that to true.
>
> Toby
>
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> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Jean-Marc Spaggiari <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Ted,
> >
> > I'm not sure to get you. HBase will not store any cell in the system if
> > there is no content. So if you do a scan, you will get only the cells
> where
> > the content is not null. There is no need to have any filter here. Can
> you
> > please detail what you put in the table and what cells you are trying to
> > NOT read?
> >
> > JM
> >
> >
> > 2013/10/24 Ted <[email protected]>
> >
> > > Hi I have a relatively simple situation,
> > >
> > > As an example I have a table of Users, with first and last name.
> > >
> > > I set a scan a FilterList and I add a SingleColumnValueFilter, with
> > > column qualifier=firstName, CompareOp.EQUAL, and value="bob".
> > >
> > > The problem is, I'm getting "bob" as well as anyone with out a
> firstName.
> > >
> > > I tried adding NOT_EQUALS null and NOT_EQUALS (new byte[0]) and neither
> > > helped.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of how to filter on a column value not null?
> > > --
> > > Ted.
> > >
> >
>

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