[HBASE-25421] There is no limit on the column family length when creating a table

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.2.3
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0-alpha-1, 2.2.7, 2.5.0, 2.3.5, 2.4.2
• Component/s: Client
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: LiDingSheng
• Reporter: LiDingSheng
• Created: 20/Dec/20 00:58
• Updated: 04/Mar/21 01:25
• Resolved: 03/Mar/21 06:48

Description

Table can be created successfully when the length of column family is larger than 127 bytes,however,it occurs exception when putting data into the table(ERROR：Family > 127).

So,We decide to verify the length of column family when creating a table.IllegalArgumentException will be thrown when length is larger than 127 bytes.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2793
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2796