Index: src/main/ruby/hbase/table.rb =================================================================== --- src/main/ruby/hbase/table.rb (revision 1452437) +++ src/main/ruby/hbase/table.rb (working copy) @@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Delete a row def deleteall(row, column = nil, timestamp = org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants::LATEST_TIMESTAMP) + raise ArgumentError, "Row Not Found" if _get_internal(row).nil? d = org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Delete.new(row.to_s.to_java_bytes, timestamp, nil) if column family, qualifier = parse_column_name(column)