[HBASE-9035] Incorrect example for using a scan stopRow in HBase book

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.98.0
• Component/s: documentation
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Gabriel Reid
• Created: 24/Jul/13 09:42
• Updated: 20/Nov/15 11:52
• Resolved: 28/Jul/13 22:13

Description

The example of how to use a stop row in a scan in the Section 5.7.3 of the HBase book [1] is incorrect. It demonstrates using a start and stop row to only retrieve records with a given prefix, creating the stop row by appending a null byte to the start row.

This creates a scan that does not include any of the target rows, because the the stop row is less than the target rows via lexicographical sorting.

[1] http://hbase.apache.org/book/data_model_operations.html#scan