The put for q4, q5, q6 and q7 wouldn't overwrite existing rows. When were the columns q1 to q3 written ? What is the TTL for your table ?
Thanks On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Mike Thomsen <[email protected]> wrote: > I noticed that our test data set is suddenly missing a lot of data, and I > am wondering if it's because I'm misunderstanding how HBase handles puts. > > Suppose we have 3 families: ca, cb and cc. > > Before on row abcde-fgh-ijkl > > ca:q1=.... > ca:q2=.... > ca:q3=.... > cb:q1=.... > cb:q2=.... > cc:q1=.... > > We send a put that adds q4, q5, q6 and q7. > > Now the row looks like this: > ca:q4=.... > ca:q5=.... > ca:q6=.... > ca:q7=.... > > I thought a PUT would just add data. It looks like it's overwriting the > entire row. >
