try {
VersioningIterator it = new VersioningIterator(new SortedMapIterator(tm), 3);
// after doing this seek, should get zero keys for row 1
Key seekKey = new Key(new Text(String.format("%03d", 1)), colf, colq, 15);
it.seek(new Range(seekKey, null), EMPTY_COL_FAMS, false);
TreeMap<Key,Value> tmOut = iteratorOverTestData(it);
for (Entry<Key,Value> e : tmOut.entrySet()) {
assertTrue(e.getValue().get().length == 8);