[HBASE-5581] Creating a table with invalid syntax does not give an error message when it fails

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.94.0, 0.95.0
• Component/s: shell
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Binu John
• Created: 14/Mar/12 18:37
• Updated: 26/Feb/13 08:12
• Resolved: 16/Mar/12 18:49

Description

Creating a table with invalid syntax does not give an error message when it fails. In this case, it doesn't actually create the CF requested, but doesn't give any indication to the user that it failed.

create 'test',

{NAME => 'test', VERSIONS => 1, BLOCKCACHE => true, NUMREGIONS => 20, SPLITALGO => "HexStringSplit", COMPRESSION => 'LZO', BLOOMFILTER => 'ROW'}

0 row(s) in 3.0930 seconds

hbase(main):002:0> describe 'test'
DESCRIPTION ENABLED

{NAME => 'test', FAMILIES => []}

true
1 row(s) in 0.1430 seconds

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Putting

{NUMREGIONS => 20, SPLITALGO => "HexStringSplit"} into a separate stanza works fine, so the feature is fine.

create 'test', {NAME => 'test', VERSIONS => 1, BLOCKCACHE => true, COMPRESSION => 'LZO', BLOOMFILTER => 'ROW'}, {NUMREGIONS => 20, SPLITALGO => "HexStringSplit"}

0 row(s) in 2.7860 seconds

hbase(main):002:0> describe 'test'
DESCRIPTION ENABLED
{NAME => 'test', FAMILIES => [

{NAME => 'test', DATA_BLOCK_ENCODING => 'NONE', true BLOOMFILTER => 'ROW', REPLICATION_SCOPE => '0', COMPRESSION => 'LZO', VERSIONS => '1', TTL => '2147483647', BLOCKSIZE => '65536', BLOOMFILTER_ERRORRATE => ' 0.01', ENCODE_ON_DISK => 'true', IN_MEMORY => 'false', BLOCKCACHE => 'true'}

]}

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We should throw an error if we can't create the CF so it's clear to the user.