[HBASE-10728] get_counter value is never used.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.96.2, 0.98.1, 0.99.0, 1.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.1, 1.1.0, 0.98.12, 2.0.0
• Hadoop Flags: Incompatible change

Release Note

for 0.98 and 1.0 changes are compatible (due to mitigation by HBASE-13433):

* The "get_counter" command no longer requires a dummy 4th argument. Downstream users are encouraged to migrate code to not pass this argument because it will result in an error for HBase 1.1+.
* The "incr" command now outputs the current value of the counter to stdout.
ex:
{code}
jruby-1.6.8 :005 > incr 'counter_example', 'r1', 'cf1:foo', 10
COUNTER VALUE = 1772
0 row(s) in 0.1180 seconds
{code}

for 1.1+ changes are incompatible:

* The "get_counter" command no longer accepts a dummy 4th argument. Downstream users will need to update their code to not pass this argument.
ex:
{code}
jruby-1.6.8 :006 > get_counter 'counter_example', 'r1', 'cf1:foo'
COUNTER VALUE = 1772

{code}
* The "incr" command now outputs the current value of the counter to stdout.
ex:
{code}
jruby-1.6.8 :005 > incr 'counter_example', 'r1', 'cf1:foo', 10
COUNTER VALUE = 1772
0 row(s) in 0.1180 seconds
{code}

• Assignee: Lars George
• Reporter: Jean-Marc Spaggiari
• Created: 12/Mar/14 15:45
• Updated: 28/Apr/15 19:18
• Resolved: 30/Mar/15 08:41

Issue Links

• breaks: HBASE-13433 Backward compatibility in 1.0.z for shell broken for get_counter
• is duplicated by: HBASE-13353 [Shell] get_counter is asking for too many parameters
• is duplicated by: HBASE-11613 "get_counter" shell command is not displaying the result for counter columns.