Hey Shengjie,

Composite keys were added in Sqoop 1.4.4. Take a look --hbase-row-key in
http://sqoop.apache.org/docs/1.4.4/SqoopUserGuide.html#idp3672480.

-Abe


On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 12:29 AM, shengjie min <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> I am importing mysql table to HBase using sqoop. Normally, HBase's row key
> is not consisted just by one column, it normally is a combination among two
> or three columns + the timestamp, e.g. row key =
> ${col1}${col2}${timestamp}. I can't get it working using sqoop, just
> wondering does sqoop --hbase-row-key allow me to do something like 
> --hbase-row-key=col1,
> col2, tiemstamp during the import, then my HBase row key will end up with
> three fields combination?
>
> Thanks,
> Shengjie
>

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