I filed HBASE-11950 to get some details added to the book on this topic[1].
Nishanth, could you follow that ticket and give feedback on whatever update ends up proposed? [1]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-11950 On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Ted Yu <[email protected]> wrote: > See http://search-hadoop.com/m/DHED4xWh622 > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Nishanth S <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hey All, > > > > I am sorry if this is a naive question.Do we need to generate a proto > file > > using proto buffer compiler when implementing a filter.I did not see that > > any where in the documentation.Can some one help please? > > > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Nishanth S <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Thanks Dima and Ted.Yes I need to return the first the 1000 > > > characters.There is no matching involved. > > > > > > -Nishan > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Ted Yu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> In Nishanth's case, the 5K message is stored in one KeyValue, right ? > > >> > > >> If only the first 1000 Characters of this message are to be returned, > > >> a new KeyValue > > >> needs to be composed and returned. > > >> > > >> Cheers > > >> > > >> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Dima Spivak <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> > Hi Nishanth, > > >> > > > >> > Take a look at http://hbase.apache.org/book/client.filter.html . > If I > > >> > understand your use case correctly, you might want to look at > > >> > RegexStringComparator to match the first 1000 characters of your > > column > > >> > qualifier. > > >> > > > >> > -Dima > > >> > > > >> > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Nishanth S < > [email protected] > > > > > >> > wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > Hi All, > > >> > > > > >> > > I have an hbase table with multiple cfs (say c1,c2,c3).Each of > this > > >> > column > > >> > > family has a column 'message' which is about 5K.What I need to do > > is > > >> to > > >> > > grab only the first 1000 Characters of this message when I do a > get > > on > > >> > the > > >> > > table using row Key.I was thinking of using filters to do this on > > >> hbase > > >> > > sever side.Can some one help me on how to go about this. > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > Thanks, > > >> > > Nishan > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- Sean
