Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-hbase-user-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-hbase-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 06378C113 for ; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 23:21:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 5820 invoked by uid 500); 20 Jun 2013 23:21:03 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hbase-user-archive@hbase.apache.org Received: (qmail 5758 invoked by uid 500); 20 Jun 2013 23:21:03 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@hbase.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@hbase.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@hbase.apache.org Received: (qmail 5750 invoked by uid 99); 20 Jun 2013 23:21:03 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 23:21:03 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of saint.ack@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.48 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.214.48] (HELO mail-bk0-f48.google.com) (209.85.214.48) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 23:20:58 +0000 Received: by mail-bk0-f48.google.com with SMTP id jf17so3165430bkc.35 for ; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:20:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=si5Q1EWy1J5JOZHj6lI+2jAf8gR4Ys1t78UAWfkePLk=; b=Zj6NICXvXyiPtLrmuw2dYDGO+h6Yj67DBTaI5hzdiCwmhFRM+Yj+cyHhlD1lIBwcV0 pFEQGliicj2zOIPZLgUUhPCJDYUZ1T+iT9C6hfEHkulxwnnfWg523Nmi2/0H1x9Q5DEG bl/rM1vLildFk8FGL2imBZcJcfBk5ForYFi336Be/H2wl0a28gC+HKj9vJKmWNBe9bp1 O3H8LuB2nRSYgzu87aAfxpI0SCvH7a/OCCYtrol0dlw4Q6O5/0gm8tVTUBG1QUNdBMX5 UnhX0ZHTMsDOCRyJDvEfu9494fZ3egEOMzVY4P3j6tQNzPo+m/ErOFPNEiUbx3ur28Mf sP2Q== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.204.227.196 with SMTP id jb4mr1410743bkb.96.1371770437380; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:20:37 -0700 (PDT) Sender: saint.ack@gmail.com Received: by 10.205.124.3 with HTTP; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:20:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:20:37 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 3_TSPIDQkZyG8mAMbLeu_DoPhjk Message-ID: Subject: Re: Problem with HFile lexical comparison From: Stack To: Hbase-User Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=485b3970d2e4a25b0204df9e3178 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --485b3970d2e4a25b0204df9e3178 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Rohit Kelkar wrote: > > Out of curiosity, for my learning, why does LATEST_TIMESTAMP make the table > not see the actual rows? > Because these values will be in the future relative to the host. When you send a RS an edit w/ LATEST_TIMESTAMP, it will replace LATEST_TIMESTAMP w/ currentTimeMillis before persisting it. You by-passed this facility when you wrote the hfiles yourself. St.Ack --485b3970d2e4a25b0204df9e3178--