Display and accept binary HBase data in escaped form

[stoty]

Display and accept binary HBase data in escaped form

[bjornalm]

Hi @stoty and thanks for reaching out. Can you provide an screenshot example of how this looks in HBase for a clearer picture?

[stoty]

Creating and displaying binary data in hbase shell:

hbase:006:0>create 'demo', 'cf1';
Created table demo
Took 0.8557 seconds
=> Hbase::Table - demo
hbase:007:0>put 'demo', 'ascii_key', 'cf1:ascii_qialifier', 'ascii_value';
Took 1.2427 seconds
hbase:010:0> put 'demo', "binary_key\x00\x01\xff", "cf1:binary_qualifier\x00\x01\xff", "binary_value\x00\x01\xff";
Took 0.0089 seconds
hbase:019:0> scan 'demo'
ROW COLUMN+CELL
ascii_key column=cf1:ascii_qialifier, timestamp=2024-05-08T11:40:29.760, value=ascii_value
binary_key\x00\x01\xFF column=cf1:binary_qualifier\x00\x01\xFF, timestamp=2024-05-08T11:42:55.064, value=binary_value\x00\x01\xFF
2 row(s)
Took 0.0112 seconds

As you can see, the binary values are entered as escaped hex characters, and the results are displayed the same way.

The same data in Hue looks like this:

The easiest and most HBase-like solution would be using the same hex escaped format in Hue.

This could be a toggle in the toolbar for backward compatibility.

[stoty]

For ease of identification, I have used an ascii prefix, but the data is often pure binary, like a long or an integer.

[bjornalm]

Thanks, let's leave this issue open to see if any one in the community can create a PR for it.

[stoty]

#77 is a similar issue.

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[stoty]

Fot the record this is NOT completed.