Questions tagged [amazon-simpledb]

Highly available schema-less attribute database that is part of the Amazon Web Services offering. Enables storage and retrieval of named items consisting of one or more key/value string pairs organized into domains. Item retrieval is done either by item name gets or through a sql-like language. Pay for what you use model with no minimum fees or startup costs.

Amazon SimpleDB is a highly available schema-less attribute database that is part of the Amazon Web Services offering. Enables storage and retrieval of named items consisting of one or more key/value string pairs organized into domains. Item retrieval is done either by item name gets or through a sql-like language. Pay for what you use model with no minimum fees or startup costs.

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What are the performance considerations of using Amazon SimpleDB?

I'm creating a filesystem and I think I'll be storing files in a DB (http://sietch.net/ViewNewsItem.aspx?NewsItemID=124 and http://blog.druva.com/2009/01/25/file-systems-vs-databases/ seem to indicate it's a good idea). Since it's a filesystem, I'll…
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Implementing fraud-proof voting system using SimpleDB

I'd like to implement a voting system with all data stored in Amazon SimpleDB. The frontend is also running on Amazon EC2. My main concern is cost of the service. The voting system needs to be fraud-proof. That is, each visitor is only allowed one…
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who use index of SimpleDB?

SimpleDB declare that any column of each item will be indexed automatically. I think indexing will occupy much storage and slow performance, and is there many applications which use index of SimpleDB frequently ? or Is there some classic…
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Super basic Amazon SimpleDB authentication tutorial?

I'm a Simple DB newb and am looking for some step-by-step instructions about how to generate the correct signature. Some of the tutorials/sample code I'm seeing say it's a combination of a timestamp, the service you're using, and the method you're…
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Which database back-end shall I use?

I am writing an iPhone app, that requires cloud back-end DB storage. I have a couple options in mind, and was wondering which one is better fit? What I need: be able to perform GRUD in the cloud from the iPhone app the DB needs to scale…
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running select in simpledb with node.js giving error

I am running following code : https://github.com/rjrodger/simpledb var simpledb = require('simpledb'); var sys = require('sys'); sdb = new simpledb.SimpleDB({keyid:'kye' ,secret:'mysectkey'}); var str="select * from youngib…
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store image data in mySql database using rails

I want to store image data in amazon's SimpleDB database using rails. I have created a table called "Photo_info" which have field called "photo_data" and the data type of that field is "string". My code is: path =…
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using simpleDB in android?

i am trying to use simpleDB in my android app. i need only get text data from amazon simpleDB but i am a new user of amazon web services. i donT know anything about to get data using amazon web services from my simpleDB domains. is there any basic…
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SimpleDB with Rails

Are there any good tutorials to learn basics of SimpleDB with Rails?
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How can one implement a hit count for AWS SimpleDb?

I have data in AWS SimpleDB and I want to know how popular it is. The client can be a website or a mobile device. I'd like some means of seeing just how popular it is. 100% accuracy is not especially important, so dropping a few here and there is…
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Not able to talk to Amazon SimpleDB from android using mobile SDK

I am following amazon samples that they distributed with android SDK. I am doing almost exactly same thing in my app, but I am getting following exception: I/SSLSocketFactory( 967): Using factory…
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How can i query to get the multiple values in SimpleDB (AWS)

jpg In that Picture i have colored one part. i have attribute called "deviceModel". It contains more than one value.. i want to take using query from my domain which ItemName() contains deviceModel attribute values more than one…
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Problem storing data in S3 using @Lob annotation

For my app, i'm storing data in simpleDB, but since SimpleDB has a 1024 character per attribute maximum so larger values should be stored in S3. I'm doing something like this :: @Basic(fetch=FetchType.LAZY) @Lob private byte[] multimedia; //to be…
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Select item using ItemName in AWS simpledb

I've recently started exploring SimpleDB java sdk. and I'm trying to get the item using the ItemName. please refer below test code - val demoItem = Item("id1", listOf(Attribute("fName", "Test7"), Attribute("age", "21"))) val result =…
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What is the best AWS database solution for a simple yet large database

I am working on an application which will run on an EC2 webserver. The app will use two databases, one small which manages the site/app and holds all such related data, the second will be a large database dedicated to the storage and retrieval of…