[HBASE-8004] Creating an existing table from Shell does not throw TableExistsException

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.95.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.98.0, 0.95.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Jeffrey Zhong
• Reporter: ramkrishna.s.vasudevan
• Created: 05/Mar/13 10:45
• Updated: 23/Sep/13 18:30
• Resolved: 08/Mar/13 02:56

Description

When i try to create a same table from shell i don't get TableExistsException instead i get

ERROR: cannot load Java class org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableNotFoundException

Here is some help for this command:
Creates a table. Pass a table name, and a set of column family
specifications (at least one), and, optionally, table configuration.
Column specification can be a simple string (name), or a dictionary
(dictionaries are described below in main help output), necessarily
including NAME attribute.
Examples:

  hbase> create 't1', {NAME => 'f1', VERSIONS => 5}
  hbase> create 't1', {NAME => 'f1'}, {NAME => 'f2'}, {NAME => 'f3'}
  hbase> # The above in shorthand would be the following: