As the comments in HIVE-1228 mention, we decided not to address the :timestamp requirement. So if you need that, you can work on enhancing the HBase storage handler by opening a JIRA issue, proposing an approach, and submitting a patch.
JVS On Jul 24, 2011, at 12:42 PM, 张建轶 wrote: > Hello! > > I'm a developer of web in China, I'm studying Hive and Hbase for my job. > But I had encountered a problem of > Hbase Handler in Hive. I want :timestamp column to be mapped for read or > write, and then import data of timestamp to hbase's table from hive. > I find follow url of this issue: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-1228 > It seems that this problem has resolved. But in this page > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/HBaseIntegration > said that "there is currently no way to access the HBase timestamp > attribute, and queries always access data with the latest timestamp." > > How can I map the latest timestamp to hive or "INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE > hbase_table_1" with timestamp? > I have googled it many times, but nothing found. If you could help me, > it will be a big kindnesses to me. I will appreciate your replay. > > With thanks and best wishes to you. > > Yours > > Jianyi Zhang >
