Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-hbase-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 91440 invoked from network); 26 Jan 2011 01:23:03 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 26 Jan 2011 01:23:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 40495 invoked by uid 500); 26 Jan 2011 01:23:03 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hbase-dev-archive@hbase.apache.org Received: (qmail 40395 invoked by uid 500); 26 Jan 2011 01:23:02 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@hbase.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@hbase.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@hbase.apache.org Received: (qmail 40386 invoked by uid 99); 26 Jan 2011 01:23:02 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 01:23:02 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.3 required=10.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of jdcryans@gmail.com designates 209.85.161.41 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.161.41] (HELO mail-fx0-f41.google.com) (209.85.161.41) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 01:22:54 +0000 Received: by fxm12 with SMTP id 12so514618fxm.14 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:22:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=oCTxyBNlOPUhXq0Bz19kdybyFLd6dqLRwI2He+H596A=; b=dddbvUyuf7AIHAbD+inzRvoQRASfkCg2ba6Ep8pjQgC5FtIH1lM+RwfE4hob3FOOHV YP3zIVetPZe4uUcDqTRl3XEmnWf6MvPX5lV1v8wIZ5l34czlLR2hXSwuOJyzVsKNStw0 CJUk8DXgtDad7G2ciqiBOxBkc4xqf00aMn37Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=J/xWzoGqSfByOBxKhsBiS2965poI9o5CYgaLatvNuMQAtbQi/G7P3rGAgux9hreIaP t9O9ccbdMhAH4R2DP5TVazWe7rRuxtIbkoBUTv5DWyyHnN6JUQgXkhVskzTG8mK8KW5V tItQiRRJ/aH3RuO1rWApooP25r6pZ4x1uYJ+Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.96.195 with SMTP id i3mr6590511fan.77.1296004954622; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:22:34 -0800 (PST) Sender: jdcryans@gmail.com Received: by 10.223.72.2 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:22:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:22:34 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: xy2tg9d94kTnJQxz8WGE1uKi6_s Message-ID: Subject: Re: quick method for removing all rows in a table From: Jean-Daniel Cryans To: dev@hbase.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org There's slower ways, but not quicker ways as far as I know. J-D On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Ted Yu wrote: > HBase shell provides this command: > truncate =A0Disables, drops and recreates the specified table > > Is there a quicker way of removing all rows ? > > Thanks >