Re: Querying pre existing HBase table

2015-04-08 Thread Billy Watson
Just to not steer you in the wrong direction, you do have to create a table, but you do not have to tell phoenix every column you're going to query on as of Phoenix 1.2. http://phoenix.apache.org/dynamic_columns.html So yes, phoenix needs to know the types, but it doesn't have to know them up fro

Re: Querying pre existing HBase table

2015-04-07 Thread anil gupta
No, You need to at least define a view for that table. Phoenix wouldnt know how to read columns/rowkeys of your table. On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 4:00 AM, Bradman, Dale wrote: > Hello, > > Is it possible to issue a SELECT statement on a pre existing HBase table > without having to create a Phoenix

Re: Querying pre existing HBase table

2015-04-07 Thread James Taylor
No, that's not possible. Phoenix needs to know the type information and that's what the table/view definition is telling it. Thanks, James On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 4:00 AM, Bradman, Dale wrote: > Hello, > > Is it possible to issue a SELECT statement on a pre existing HBase table > without having t

Querying pre existing HBase table

2015-04-07 Thread Bradman, Dale
Hello, Is it possible to issue a SELECT statement on a pre existing HBase table without having to create a Phoenix table/view on top of the HBase table? Thanks, Dale. This message contains information that may be privileged or confidential and is the property of the Capgemini Group. It is inten