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Subject: Re: Scan entire table
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It should at least be clear in the client section of the manual that a =
'table scan' is the default mode unless you scope the scan down via =
additional calls


On May 15, 2012, at 10:25 AM, David Medinets wrote:

> Sounds like an FAQ to me. The manual should be fairly limited in =
scope, I feel.
>=20
> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Juan Moreno
> <jwellington.moreno@gmail.com> wrote:
>> That is awesome information, and worthy enough to be included in the =
Manual.
>> Thanks so much.
>>=20
>>=20
>> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Jim Klucar <klucar@gmail.com> =
wrote:
>>>=20
>>> Just don't do anything. If you create a scanner object, it sets the
>>> default range to Range(null, null) so when you call =
Scanner.iterator()
>>> you will create an iterator that will cover the entire table. =
Calling
>>> the methods to set ranges or fetch columns just narrow the default
>>> range down, if you want everything just don't call those methods.
>>>=20
>>> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Juan Moreno
>>> <jwellington.moreno@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Salutations!
>>>>=20
>>>> How can Iterate over an entire table using the Java API?
>>>> The documentation mentions using Ranges to scan portions of a =
table, but
>>>> what about an entire table?
>>>>=20
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>=20
>>>> Juan
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> --
>> Juan Wellington Moreno
>> Software Engineer