[HBase-dev] [jira] Created: (HBASE-903) [shell] Can't set table descriptor attributes when I alter a table

[shell] Can't set table descriptor attributes when I alter a table
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Key: HBASE-903
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-903
Project: Hadoop HBase
Issue Type: Bug
Reporter: stack


I wanted to set the compaction filesize attribute but no good:

{code}
hbase(main):005:0> alter 'TestTable', {MAX_FILESIZE => 67108864}
TypeError: can't convert Hash into String
from /Users/stack/Documents/checkouts/hbase/trunk/bin/../bin/HBase.rb:138:in `hcd'
from /Users/stack/Documents/checkouts/hbase/trunk/bin/../bin/HBase.rb:138:in `alter'
from /Users/stack/Documents/checkouts/hbase/trunk/bin/../bin/hirb.rb:239:in `alter'
from (hbase):6:in `binding'
hbase(main):006:0> alter 'TestTable', {MAX_FILESIZE => 67108864}

{code}