[HBASE-11613] "get_counter" shell command is not displaying the result for counter columns.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 0.98.3
• Component/s: shell
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Y. SREENIVASULU REDDY
• Created: 30/Jul/14 10:41
• Updated: 17/Jun/22 06:08
• Resolved: 19/Aug/14 09:13

Description

perform the following opertions in HBase shell prompt.
1. create a table with one column family.
2. insert some amount of data into the table.
3. then perform increment operation on any column qualifier.
eg: incr 't', 'r1', 'f:c1'
4. then queried the get counter query,
it is throwing nocounter found message to the user.

eg:
 hbase(main):010:0> get_counter 't', 'r1', 'f', 'c1'
 No counter found at specified coordinates

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and wrong message is throwing to user, while executing the get_counter query.

hbase(main):009:0> get_counter 't', 'r1', 'f'

ERROR: wrong number of arguments (3 for 4)

Here is some help for this command:
Return a counter cell value at specified table/row/column coordinates.
A cell cell should be managed with atomic increment function oh HBase
and the data should be binary encoded. Example:

  hbase> get_counter 'ns1:t1', 'r1', 'c1'
  hbase> get_counter 't1', 'r1', 'c1'

The same commands also can be run on a table reference. Suppose you had a reference
t to table 't1', the corresponding command would be:

  hbase> t.get_counter 'r1', 'c1'

problem:
   In example they given 3 arguments but asking 4 arguments
   If run with 3 arguments it will throw error.
   if run with 4 arguments "No counter found at specified coordinates" message is throwing even though counter is specified.

Issue Links

• duplicates: HBASE-10728 get_counter value is never used.