Define and drop namespaces

	Note
	You can assign a table to only one namespace, and you should ensure that the table correctly belongs to the namespace before you make the association in HBase. You cannot change the namespace that is assigned to the table later.

The HBase shell has a set of straightforward commands for creating and dropping namespaces. You can assign a table to a namespace when you create the table.

create_namespace 'my_ns'

Creates a namespace with the name my_ns.

create 'my_ns:my_table', 'fam1'

Creates my_table with a column family identified as fam1 in the my_ns namespace.

drop_namespace 'my_ns'

Removes the my_ns namespace from the system. The command only functions when there are no tables with data that are assigned to the namespace.