Michael, thank you for the answer. -- Kindly regards/ Pozdrawiam, Wojciech Indyk
2015-09-11 18:39 GMT+02:00 Stack <[email protected]>: > On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 4:34 AM, Wojciech Indyk <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi! >> I need to describe my HBase tables with some text. I try to find a >> recommended solution, but I didn't. What I can propose is: >> in hbase shell: >> alter 'the_table', {CONFIGURATION => {'COMMENT' => 'Here some text >> what is stored in the_table'}} >> What do you think? Is it safe for HBase engine to put such property? >> desc 'the_table' looks good for me. >> >> > Yes. That will work. You can add arbitrary key/values on a table descriptor > (We tried to 'bless' an 'OWNER' property a while back to encourage folks to > add provenance on a table, useful in a shared cluster of hundreds or > thousands of tables, but it didn't stick). > St.Ack > > > >> -- >> Kindly regards, >> Wojciech Indyk >>
