[HBASE-8029] delete with TS should only delete that cell, not all cells after.

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Component/s: Client, shell
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Kevin Odell
• Created: 07/Mar/13 18:37
• Updated: 16/Jun/22 16:37
• Resolved: 16/Jun/22 16:37

Description

delete with TS specified will delete all older cells. I know overloading the cells is not a great model, but sometimes it is useful and you don't want to delete all old cells.

hbase(main):028:0> truncate 'tre'

Truncating 'tre' table (it may take a while):

• Disabling table...

• Dropping table...

• Creating table...

0 row(s) in 4.6060 seconds

hbase(main):029:0> put 'tre', 'row1', 'cf1:c1', 'abc', 111

0 row(s) in 0.0220 seconds

hbase(main):030:0> put 'tre', 'row1', 'cf1:c1', 'abcd', 112

0 row(s) in 0.0060 seconds

hbase(main):031:0> put 'tre', 'row1', 'cf1:c1', 'abce', 113

0 row(s) in 0.0120 seconds

hbase(main):032:0> scan 'tre',

{NAME => 'cf1:c1', VERSIONS => 4}

ROW COLUMN+CELL

row1 column=cf1:c1, timestamp=113, value=abce

row1 column=cf1:c1, timestamp=112, value=abcd

row1 column=cf1:c1, timestamp=111, value=abc

hbase(main):033:0> delete 'tre', 'row1', 'cf1:c1', 112

0 row(s) in 0.0110 seconds

hbase(main):034:0> scan 'tre',

{NAME => 'cf1:c1', VERSIONS => 4}

ROW COLUMN+CELL

row1 column=cf1:c1, timestamp=113, value=abce

1 row(s) in 0.0290 seconds