Which HBase release are you using ? In your while loop, you used the same set of row keys for each attempt ?
Thanks On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 11:28 PM, Mrudula Madiraju <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi, > > I have a simple hbase table of approx. 1000 rows. > If I invoke the htable.delete() on this table in a while loop - it doesn't > throw any error or exception. > But at the end of operation - I see that it has actually deleted only > about 256 rows. > Repeating the operation deletes another 256 or so. And finally after 3 or > 4 runs , all rows finally get deleted. > > This is true of htable.batch API or even htable.delete API. > > Have tried changing ulimit/nproc settings, invoking flush, setting > autocommit, invoking major Compact > Also waited out - That is to see if after 5 minutes of first run delete > will complete in background. Nothing works. > > Searched the mailing list and see that there are threads on delete > followed by put not working etc. > But this is a different case. > > Anyone who knows what's happening? Looking forward to any pointers! > > Regards, > Mrudula
