Hi All,

How to modify the rowkey of a existing row in HBase table.
Is it possible to modify with alter table command?

Cheers!
Manoj.

On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Manoj Babu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> How to modify the rowkey of a existing row in HBase table.
> Is it possible to modify with alter table command?
>

Copy original row's content to a new row with new key.  Delete the old.

The alter table command works on tables and their attributes, not on rows.

St.Ack