Delete rows with a prefix

Delete rows with row keys matching a given prefix.

Code sample

C++

To learn how to install and use the client library for Bigtable, see Bigtable client libraries.

To authenticate to Bigtable, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

namespace cbt = ::google::cloud::bigtable;
namespace cbta = ::google::cloud::bigtable_admin;
using ::google::cloud::Status;
[](cbta::BigtableTableAdminClient admin, std::string const& project_id,
   std::string const& instance_id, std::string const& table_id,
   std::string const& prefix) {
  std::string table_name = cbt::TableName(project_id, instance_id, table_id);

  google::bigtable::admin::v2::DropRowRangeRequest r;
  r.set_name(table_name);
  r.set_row_key_prefix(prefix);

  Status status = admin.DropRowRange(std::move(r));
  if (!status.ok()) throw std::runtime_error(status.message());
  std::cout << "All rows starting with " << prefix
            << " successfully deleted\n";
}

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