[HBASE-16076] Cannot configure split policy in HBase shell

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Component/s: documentation
• Assignee: Heng Chen
• Reporter: Youngjoon Kim
• Created: 21/Jun/16 04:56
• Updated: 18/Jul/16 07:34
• Resolved: 18/Jul/16 02:29

Description

The reference guide explains how to configure split policy in HBase shell(link).

Configuring the Split Policy On a Table Using HBase Shell
hbase> create 'test', {METHOD => 'table_att', CONFIG => {'SPLIT_POLICY' => 'org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.ConstantSizeRegionSplitPolicy'}},
{NAME => 'cf1'}

But if run that command, shell complains 'An argument ignored (unknown or overridden): CONFIG', and the table description has no split policy.

hbase(main):067:0* create 'test', {METHOD => 'table_att', CONFIG => {'SPLIT_POLICY' => 'org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.ConstantSizeRegionSplitPolicy'}}, {NAME => 'cf1'}
An argument ignored (unknown or overridden): CONFIG
Created table test
Took 1.2180 seconds

hbase(main):068:0> describe 'test'
Table test is ENABLED
test
COLUMN FAMILIES DESCRIPTION
{NAME => 'cf1', DATA_BLOCK_ENCODING => 'NONE', BLOOMFILTER => 'ROW', REPLICATION_SCOPE => '0', COMPRESSION => 'NONE', VERSIONS => '1', TTL => 'FOREVER', MIN_VERSIONS => '0', IN_MEMORY_COMPACTION => 'false', KEEP_DELETED_CELLS => 'FALSE', BLOCKSIZE => '65536', IN_MEMORY => '
false', BLOCKCACHE => 'true'}
1 row(s)
Took 0.0200 seconds

Issue Links

• relates to: HBASE-12701 Document how to set the split policy on a given table