[google-appengine] Re: /_ah/bounce

2017-01-23 Thread johnP
r ended >- Any other relevant logs you think may be related > > If/when filing a public issue, feel free to link to it here so that others > that may also be encountering this can follow through and support the > report. Thanks for your patience. > > On Wednesday, Januar

[google-appengine] /_ah/bounce

2017-01-18 Thread johnP
24 hours ago started getting constant errors - it's not even hitting my code... 'str' object has no attribute 'get_payload' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/base/data/home/runtimes/python27/python27_lib/versions/third_party/webapp2-2.5.2/webapp2.py", line 1535, in __call__ rv =

[google-appengine] Re: New Cloud Console

2016-03-20 Thread johnP
the original console was built by engineers who used app engine and the new console is built with engineers who were told to 'make it better' but don't use app engine at all. Some really basic stuff is missing. On Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 3:46:19 PM UTC-8, johnP wrote: > > Ju

[google-appengine] Re: New Cloud Console

2016-03-18 Thread johnP
I suppose the 'constructive suggestion' in this case is to include a 'refresh' button on all screens :) On Friday, March 18, 2016 at 10:16:09 AM UTC-7, johnP wrote: > > > Glad this issue is getting lots of attention. Another major issue for me > is the Instances viewer. The orig

Re: [google-appengine] New Cloud Console

2016-02-23 Thread johnP
23, 2016 at 3:52:19 PM UTC-8, PK wrote: >> >> We also need the “Billing/Usage History” equivalent functionality, has >> this page been migrated to the new console? >> >> PK >> p...@gae123.com >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 23, 2016, a

[google-appengine] New Cloud Console

2016-02-23 Thread johnP
Just got email that old appengine console will be shut off in 6 weeks. The new cloud console does not have a "migrate traffic" option in the Versions screen. This was my absolute favorite new feature in a long, long time. Will it be available in the new console? -- You received this

[google-appengine] Log system errors (The API call logservice.Flush() was explicitly cancelled.)

2014-10-21 Thread johnP
Started getting these periodically. Couple times a day for a week. Python 2.7. Looks like it's totally internal to Google, although who knows. Maybe I'm triggering it somehow. Tried to wait for a week for it to clear up on its own. No luck. 1. E2014-10-21 06:00:34.955

Re: [google-appengine] Log system errors (The API call logservice.Flush() was explicitly cancelled.)

2014-10-21 Thread johnP
occasions, this is a side effect of your request exceeding its deadline. The runtime probably tries to flush the logs first and that masks the real condition. PK On Oct 21, 2014, at 9:22 AM, johnP jo...@thinkwave.com javascript: wrote: Started getting these periodically. Couple

[google-appengine] Re: HR Migration - SSL VIP question

2013-07-08 Thread johnP
that SSL will nor be suddenly cut off. Alternately, I'd like to be pointed to the documentation of what should be done in cases like mine. Thank you - johnP On Thursday, July 4, 2013 8:39:41 AM UTC-7, johnP wrote: Hello - After a HR Migration, I disabled billing for my original app, which

[google-appengine] HR Migration - SSL VIP question

2013-07-04 Thread johnP
Hello - After a HR Migration, I disabled billing for my original app, which was using VIP SSL for my custom domain. On my new aliased app, I do not see charges for SSL, although SSL continues to work just fine (for free?). Will SSL settings transfer automatically, or do I need to do so

[google-appengine] email quota after migration

2013-07-01 Thread johnP
So am ready to finalize a switch from MS to HR and... My email quota remains @ 100. That will harm my customer base. I tried to reset the quota by making an early payment, but that did not have a result. I submitted two 'change quota' requests, and have not received a response. So,

[google-appengine] Re: HR Migration questions

2013-06-24 Thread johnP
This morning, copying suddenly started moving quickly and the job finished in several hours. So whatever was done in the background, it worked :) Thank you. On Thursday, June 20, 2013 7:52:56 AM UTC-7, johnP wrote: I am performing our migration from MS to HR for an app with maybe 35

[google-appengine] Re: HR Migration questions

2013-06-23 Thread johnP
:56 AM UTC-7, johnP wrote: I am performing our migration from MS to HR for an app with maybe 35 million entities. I initiated the copy tool about 65 hours ago and it has been in the 'copy' stage for about 40 hours (it was testing for integrity, or something, for the first 23 hours

[google-appengine] Re: Migration progress sucks at Sync reverting!

2013-06-23 Thread johnP
My migration seems to be stuck for the past 2-3 days too. I'm afraid to click 'revert' because I'd rather be stuck going forward than stuck going backwards. On Sunday, June 23, 2013 8:11:49 AM UTC-7, Edward Zhou wrote: My app was Master/Slave ModeAccording to Google's guide, I use

[google-appengine] Re: Reverting migration stuck

2013-06-23 Thread johnP
Any update? Did the issue resolve eventually? On Wednesday, June 19, 2013 9:08:23 PM UTC-7, Dmitry Kononov wrote: Hi! Yesterday I started migration for m0n0wall-mod application from old Master/Slave to HRD datastore. After several hours passed migration stuck at Copy stage. I decided to

[google-appengine] Re: HR Migration questions

2013-06-21 Thread johnP
these observations just for the record, I suppose. On Thursday, June 20, 2013 7:52:56 AM UTC-7, johnP wrote: I am performing our migration from MS to HR for an app with maybe 35 million entities. I initiated the copy tool about 65 hours ago and it has been in the 'copy' stage for about 40

[google-appengine] HR Migration questions

2013-06-20 Thread johnP
/unpredictable, or is it just this first part? 3. If not, what should I do to reset the process? Do I need to use premium support to have someone to rejigger something in the copy process? johnP -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Google App Engine group

[google-appengine] HR Migration questions

2013-06-18 Thread johnP
So I am one of the lucky ones who adopted Appengine very early. Now is a quiet period for our (semi-seasonal) business, so I started the migration from MS -- HR. 24 hours later, some questions: 1. In the first (almost) 24 hours, about 86 blobs and maybe 16 entities have copied from one app

Re: [google-appengine] Large number of URLFetch timeouts in last two weeks or so

2013-05-21 Thread johnP
Is there any updates on this issue? I starred the issue, etc. But then radio silence. Are others still having this error condition? I definitely am having lots of Deadline Errors on URL_Fetch. On Friday, May 17, 2013 12:38:55 AM UTC-7, John Wheeler wrote: Starred. Thanks On Thu, May

Re: [google-appengine] Re: instances dying is a permanent states for datastore apps?

2013-03-13 Thread johnP
Barry - If you look through this message board and at the issue tracker, you'll see that many people with HRD are also affected by this issue. As often is the case, the big problem is not the crime - it's the cover-up. Everyone here can understand technical issues, if people are working to

Re: [google-appengine] Re: instances dying is a permanent states for datastore apps?

2013-03-13 Thread johnP
, and c to maximize performance; that would also provide some clarity. On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 9:17:17 AM UTC-7, johnP wrote: Barry - If you look through this message board and at the issue tracker, you'll see that many people with HRD are also affected by this issue. As often

Re: [google-appengine] Re: instances dying is a permanent states for datastore apps?

2013-03-13 Thread johnP
fanfare. Google's timescale on fixing issues, is also almost certainly orders of magnitude slower than most people would like. On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 4:17 PM, johnP jo...@thinkwave.com javascript: wrote: Barry - If you look through this message board and at the issue tracker

[google-appengine] Re: Instances keep shutting down

2013-03-04 Thread johnP
Just watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuW6tQ0218 Whenever you hear Dead Parrot, in your mind think Dead Instance. It is a very accurate representation of Google's response to this issue to date. On Monday, March 4, 2013 4:35:32 PM UTC-8, Kiran Nanisetti wrote: My app id is

Re: [google-appengine] Re: Outage - Python 2.7, HRD. CloudSQL

2013-03-03 Thread johnP
There are lots of posts lately about bad serving performance across many configurations. There have also lots of posts questioning why Google has not acknowledged any of the posts. There are clearly serving issues. There is clearly no reaction, over an extended period of time. On

[google-appengine] Re: Instances still getting killed and causing user 500's

2013-03-01 Thread johnP
This morning is a serving train-wreck here, too. On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 7:50:47 AM UTC-8, Kinesh Patel wrote: On Python 2.7 paid app. Setting an idle instance seems to mitigate this, but every time a new dynamic instance is spawned or hit i get this problem. Definitely not

[google-appengine] Re: AppEngine not serving - Error Code 121

2013-02-27 Thread johnP
Good advice. Tossing the Skittles in the trash, and running off to buy some Starburst. On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 12:52:45 PM UTC-8, Cesium wrote: Working fine now. I found the problem. I fed the unicorns Starburst instead of Skittles. What an abbey-lubber! David On

[google-appengine] Re: AppEngine not serving - Error Code 121

2013-02-27 Thread johnP
.) David On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 2:57:39 PM UTC-7, johnP wrote: Good advice. Tossing the Skittles in the trash, and running off to buy some Starburst. On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 12:52:45 PM UTC-8, Cesium wrote: Working fine now. I found the problem. I fed

[google-appengine] Re: AppEngine not serving - Error Code 121

2013-02-27 Thread johnP
. The problem was caused by feeding them Starburst instead of Skittles! And not just any flavor. It's gotta be the Sour Skittles. (Makes them fart rainbows, you know.) David On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 2:57:39 PM UTC-7, johnP wrote: Good advice. Tossing the Skittles

[google-appengine] Re: Instance issues

2013-02-26 Thread johnP
Our app too is having user-facing 500 errors (does not hit our code), and other nasty serving issues. On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:30:39 AM UTC-8, Tomas wrote: From yesterday I observe that app engine spins new instance which serves requests for couple of seconds and then kill it

[google-appengine] Serious Serving Problemns

2013-02-26 Thread johnP
Yesterday to a lesser extent, and today to a very serious degree, we have been seeing very extreme serving problems. This is for an application that has been running very stably and well for a long time. Many user-facing 500 errors that never hit our code. Many deadline exceeded errors.

[google-appengine] Re: Sub Thread: Google's Conflicting Objectives.

2012-11-24 Thread johnP
is dying and I just have not received word yet. johnP On Friday, November 23, 2012 10:17:33 AM UTC-8, Brandon Wirtz wrote: *Couldn’t agree more.* * * In the past, quota limits were based on 2 conflicting objectives: - discouraging people from building non-scalable applications

[google-appengine] Re: How to get major appengine issues fixed?

2012-10-25 Thread johnP
That's strange - I just tried testing this on my site, and it does redirect (as far as I can tell... :) Are you using VIP SSL? I am... Maybe there is a difference in implementation, which makes a difference. It might be worth the $40/month in your case :) On Thursday, October 25, 2012

[google-appengine] Re: DKIM - not clear why not working

2012-10-09 Thread johnP
on this issue without escalating to rants written in all caps? johnP On Wednesday, September 5, 2012 11:20:52 AM UTC-7, johnP wrote: Just a bit confused why emails sent by my app are not being signed with DKIM. 1. On my Google Apps dashboard, it says that my domain is Authenticating email

[google-appengine] Re: DKIM - not clear why not working

2012-10-02 Thread johnP
? Is the $500 paid support the only viable alternative? Do they respond to questions to people who purchase the paid support? johnP On Wednesday, September 5, 2012 11:20:52 AM UTC-7, johnP wrote: Just a bit confused why emails sent by my app are not being signed with DKIM. 1. On my

Re: [google-appengine] Re: DKIM - not clear why not working

2012-10-02 Thread johnP
Thanks for finding that, Waleed. I'll monitor that thread to see if anything changes. johnP On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 3:25:58 PM UTC-7, Waleed wrote: Confirmed there is a problem on Google side: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/apps/verification-and-mx-records

[google-appengine] DKIM - not clear why not working

2012-09-05 Thread johnP
Just a bit confused why emails sent by my app are not being signed with DKIM. 1. On my Google Apps dashboard, it says that my domain is Authenticating email 2. I seem to have my DNS TXT record setup using the specified values (also, am assuming if I have the green-light for authenticating

Re: [google-appengine] Custom SSL certificate with more than two intermediate CAs

2012-08-03 Thread johnP
Are you using a VIP certificate? If so, you need to change the cname, as Cayden said. The ghs cname does not support VIP - SNI only. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Google App Engine group. To view this discussion on the web visit

[google-appengine] Question about VIP SSL

2012-07-05 Thread johnP
VIP SSL for custom domains, as I understand, means Virtual IP. I had a domain foo.com and recently activated VIP SSL for the domain. Question: a. Am I correct in understanding that httpS://foo.com will always resolve to one IP Address? b. Does that mean that http://foo.com will also

Re: [google-appengine] Question about VIP SSL

2012-07-05 Thread johnP
I was working through a theory that the user's DNS might be stuck from our pre-ssl days. Maybe their computer clock has been reset. Dunno :) On Thursday, July 5, 2012 2:53:23 PM UTC-7, barryhunter wrote: On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 8:33 PM, johnP j...@thinkwave.com wrote: VIP SSL for custom

Re: [google-appengine] Question about VIP SSL

2012-07-05 Thread johnP
that has not refreshed the DNS cache. johnP On Thursday, July 5, 2012 4:58:42 PM UTC-7, Cayden Meyer wrote: Hi John, On 6 July 2012 05:33, johnP j...@thinkwave.com wrote: Question: a. Am I correct in understanding that httpS://foo.com will always resolve to one IP Address? When you

Re: [google-appengine] Question about VIP SSL

2012-07-05 Thread johnP
Iain - Thank you - your answer resolved my issue. johnP On Thursday, July 5, 2012 7:58:03 PM UTC-7, Iain Wade wrote: On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 10:14 AM, johnP j...@thinkwave.com wrote: We are using a CName aliased to ghs.google.com just to be clear, ghs.google.com is not the VIP CNAME

Re: [google-appengine] Re: App Accessible via HTTPS but not HTTP

2012-06-24 Thread johnP
I was assuming that this would be the 'big announcement' at the IO conference. I guess you confirmed it :) On Sunday, June 24, 2012 6:16:33 PM UTC-7, Emanuele Ziglioli wrote: On Monday, 25 June 2012 12:15:08 UTC+12, Cayden Meyer wrote: Hi Emanuele, Can you explain what you mean by

[google-appengine] Re: Defered Jobs - Django template loaders not loaded (URGENT)

2012-06-05 Thread johnP
Did you include this import in you deferred module? from google.appengine.ext.webapp import template Guido Van Rossum includes this import in his example application because it makes many django import issues go away. johnP On Jun 5, 2:43 am, Amine Azariz amine.aza...@greendizer.com wrote

[google-appengine] Re: Storing JSON efficiently in Datastore (in Python)

2012-06-02 Thread johnP
Is this using python the 2.7 version of cPickle, or are you using python 2.5 with the Python Pickle aliased to cPickle? johnP On Jun 1, 10:41 pm, Brandon Wirtz drak...@digerat.com wrote: Nice. I like it. Going to try playing with your method vs some of the things I tried. But I suspect you

[google-appengine] Re: OnProd : SystemError: Parent module 'django.template.loaders' not loaded

2012-06-01 Thread johnP
On Reitveldt - Guido Van Rossom's example django app, he includes the following: # Import webapp.template. This makes most Django setup issues go away. from google.appengine.ext.webapp import template So I included that line, and so far so good :) johnP On Jun 1, 4:00 am, Takashi Matsuo

[google-appengine] Re: codereview is dead

2012-05-14 Thread johnP
Hm - I wonder if this might be related... I have a django app configured similarly to CodeReview, and started getting flurries of: type 'exceptions.UnboundLocalError': local variable 'resolver' referenced before assignment Traceback (most recent call last): File

[google-appengine] Re: codereview is dead

2012-05-14 Thread johnP
Mine was a Django Bug addressed in v 1.3 https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/13684 and was addressed in the production bug list http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=5795 This is to follow up on / close out previous post. johnP On May 14, 12:56 pm, johnP j

[google-appengine] Re: We NEED a GAE CoffeeMaker API when our local supplies are depleted

2012-04-02 Thread johnP
Man from Italy, and mamma cannot make you coffee? On Apr 2, 8:37 am, alex a...@cloudware.it wrote: This morning I walked into my office only to find out that my black coffee supply was depleted. It's been about 4 years since GAE has been released to the public and yet, it is not capable

[google-appengine] Re: In your opinion what are the most complex web applications built on top of google app engine ?

2012-03-26 Thread johnP
Brandon - finally a post of yours that I can agree with :) On Mar 26, 6:12 pm, Brandon Wirtz drak...@digerat.com wrote: Wow, I'm very impressed Waleed is the sleeping giant on this list.  Every so often he steps out of the shadow says something like I made this change and it cut my instances

[google-appengine] Re: How to restore data from backup?

2012-03-19 Thread johnP
Yes - please do so johnP (I originally gave permission on 1 MAR). On Mar 19, 1:02 pm, Arie Ozarov oza...@google.com wrote: Thanks John, Issue 6858 was closed as we were waiting to get your permission to remove/cleanup the failed backup. Failure was triggered by a partial failure

[google-appengine] Re: How to restore data from backup?

2012-03-19 Thread johnP
is available I would suggest you to avoid backing up more than 15 kinds at a time (this should handle the worst case of 1 entity per kind). Arie. On Monday, March 19, 2012 1:47:52 PM UTC-7, johnP wrote: Yes - please do so johnP (I originally gave permission on 1 MAR). On Mar 19

[google-appengine] Re: How to restore data from backup?

2012-03-16 Thread johnP
I have a production ticket to clear a stuck backup for over 6 weeks. If you find a way to remedy the situation, I'd like to be 'next in line' :) johnP On Mar 16, 10:28 am, Arie Ozarov oza...@google.com wrote: Hi Yegor, Looks like something went wrong with this backup and it likely

[google-appengine] Re: How to restore data from backup?

2012-03-16 Thread johnP
Issue 6858 in googleappengine Thanks! johnP On Mar 16, 6:06 pm, Arie Ozarov oza...@google.com wrote: Hi John, What is your ticket id? Arie. On Friday, March 16, 2012 2:36:56 PM UTC-7, johnP wrote: I have a production ticket to clear a stuck backup for over 6 weeks. If you

[google-appengine] Re: More then 100 complains and no feedback from Google. Was: Outages?

2012-03-15 Thread johnP
get refunded for the excess charges? c. My appid is thinkwave3; can it be moved back to a legacy serving platform? Thank you. johnP On Mar 15, 12:48 pm, toonetown nathan.to...@gmail.com wrote: That's great!  I mis-read that comment before, and thought it had to do with a billing issue

[google-appengine] Re: More then 100 complains and no feedback from Google. Was: Outages?

2012-03-15 Thread johnP
Thanks alot, Brandon, for the excellent advice. On Mar 15, 1:27 pm, Brandon Wirtz drak...@digerat.com wrote: b.  Will we get refunded for the excess charges? There is no SLA on M/S Move to HR -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Google App Engine

[google-appengine] Re: More then 100 complains and no feedback from Google. Was: Outages?

2012-03-15 Thread johnP
Wonderful writing!!! You should receive a Pullet surprise!!! On Mar 15, 4:26 pm, Brandon Wirtz drak...@digerat.com wrote: Thanks alot, Brandon, for the excellent advice. I am considering making an auto responder: Dear Google App Engine Patron, Thank you for your inquiry about why your

[google-appengine] Backup 'Active' 2.5 days later.

2012-02-03 Thread johnP
Launched the backup task on Tuesday evening. It immediately spent a bunch of money. Now, it's Friday - and there is still one task 'Active'. What should I do? Thanks. johnP -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Google App Engine group. To post

[google-appengine] Re: Backup 'Active' 2.5 days later.

2012-02-03 Thread johnP
Appid: thinkwave3 Production issue: filed. Thank you! johnP On Feb 3, 8:16 am, Johan Euphrosine pro...@google.com wrote: Also feel free to fill a production issue including all the details:http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/entry?template=Produc... Thanks in advance

[google-appengine] Re: 500 Server Error for over 24 hours: python 2.5, django, appenginepatch

2011-12-08 Thread johnP
using Appengine Patch - and although after the maintenance, there has been an increase in DeadlineExceeded errors, there has not been a fundamental 'app is unusable' change for me. On Dec 8, 9:10 am, Dennis dennisf...@gmail.com wrote: I have not changed my code in weeks, but in the past few

[google-appengine] Re: Serving errors and latency, Tuesday Nov 29th

2011-11-29 Thread johnP
My corner of the cloud is affected this morning. So +1 from me on this issue. johnP On Nov 29, 9:06 am, Kenneth kennet...@aladdinschools.com wrote: I reckon it's a problem with our little corner of bigtable.  Star this issue if you want:   http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues

[google-appengine] Re: Ancestor queries / indexes

2011-11-17 Thread johnP
Second try... Wondering if anyone has an answer to these questions. Thanks! On Nov 14, 8:14 am, johnP j...@thinkwave.com wrote: My data currently on MS is organized into entities.   - For example, let's say that each Organization is it's own entity group. Most of my queries are within

[google-appengine] Ancestor queries / indexes

2011-11-14 Thread johnP
My data currently on MS is organized into entities. - For example, let's say that each Organization is it's own entity group. Most of my queries are within an entity/organization. An example of a typical query is: - Employee.all().filter('organization =', org).filter('position =',

[google-appengine] Re: HRD migration tool now available!

2011-11-09 Thread johnP
a test migration, test/update code until it's reliable on HRD (freely, without worrying about damaging user data), and only then do an actual migration. johnP On Nov 9, 3:22 pm, Kenneth kennet...@aladdinschools.com wrote: Do you have any sample code for downloading and uploading blobs?  Or am I

[google-appengine] Re: calling out the app engine team on ssl for custom domains

2011-09-24 Thread johnP
Jeff - thanks for the link to Cloudflare. It certainly seems like an interesting option. The risk with implementing them is that it's one more layer that can fail. Does anyone else have feedback about how well it works?Also, does anyone have thoughts on whether the other benefits of

[google-appengine] Re: Another HR Refactoring Issue - When to clear a cache?

2011-09-06 Thread johnP
You can transactionally launch a deferred task with a future ETA that will clear the Memcache. johnP On Sep 6, 9:55 am, Joshua Smith joshuaesm...@charter.net wrote: And you and your users are happy with this, Tom? I've been thinking more about entity groups, since they make this consistency

[google-appengine] Re: Another HR Refactoring Issue - When to clear a cache?

2011-09-06 Thread johnP
?  How do you know that it's safe to do a query? Can some people who have been using HR for a while weigh in on the longest delay they've ever seen to consistency to be achieved? On Sep 6, 2011, at 1:13 PM, johnP wrote: You can transactionally launch a deferred task with a future

[google-appengine] Re: The Amazing Story Of Appengine And The Two Orders Of Magnitude

2011-09-03 Thread johnP
Which leads to a potential constructive suggestion. Maybe Goog can post a troubleshooting guide that lists different line-items in the new-style billing, and potential gotchas? An example in your blog is that sudden parallelism is costly and that making things serial is a good optimization.

[google-appengine] Re: Google Bot Is Your Enemy

2011-09-03 Thread johnP
I think in webmaster tools you can change crawl-rate preferences. Otherwise - just block it with robots.txt. On Sep 3, 12:35 pm, Brandon Wirtz drak...@digerat.com wrote: The biggest Problem I have with the Scheduler/GAE isn't GAE it is Google Bot. Under the new model you are on the hook for

[google-appengine] Re: Increaded DeadlineExceeded / Timeout exceptions

2011-08-11 Thread johnP
the 1.5.2 release. It might be that your other app (the one not getting this deadline exceeded errors) its on High Replication Datastore.   FYI, this issues are not related to SDK releases. On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 2:31 AM, johnP jo...@thinkwave.com wrote: Tons more deadline errors

[google-appengine] Re: Increaded DeadlineExceeded / Timeout exceptions

2011-08-09 Thread johnP
Tons more deadline errors... It's been bad for a couple of weeks, but even worse in the past few days. On Aug 9, 12:23 am, Johan Euphrosine pro...@google.com wrote: Can you open a production isse with your appid:http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/entry?template=Produc...

[google-appengine] Re: Automated way to switch from M/S to HR?

2011-08-04 Thread johnP
, johnP j...@thinkwave.com wrote: Amen - temporary read-only is fine.  The big problem is that my app makes use of a ton of keys, and in many cases I need to store the keys as strings (or store keys in pickled blobs).  The real chore is to write scripts to rebuild all the keys after

[google-appengine] Re: Automated way to switch from M/S to HR?

2011-08-04 Thread johnP
August 2011 10:13, johnP j...@thinkwave.com wrote: can you clarify: You need to persist re-read the Entities and persist them as keys. If your entities are stored as a String, or a list of strings, you will need to read the entities, and change their type to be either a Key (or reference

[google-appengine] Re: Automated way to switch from M/S to HR?

2011-08-04 Thread johnP
My question was unclearly formulated. I intended to ask, would it be possible to do what I described *after* the migration? In other words, would calling db.Key() on the str(old_key) 'convert' it to the new key? My plan is to do a simple brute-force copy, then convert keys on-demand in a lazy

[google-appengine] Re: Automated way to switch from M/S to HR?

2011-08-04 Thread johnP
Sorry - I got the link wrong earlier. It is: http://blog.shnap.com/migrating-to-the-google-app-engine-high-repli johnP On Aug 4, 10:13 pm, johnP j...@thinkwave.com wrote: My question was unclearly formulated.  I intended to ask, would it be possible to do what I described *after

[google-appengine] Re: Automated way to switch from M/S to HR?

2011-08-03 Thread johnP
the app ID will also preserve these keys... please??? johnP On Aug 3, 1:02 pm, Will Reiher wrele...@gmail.com wrote: Ikai, That's great news! I'm not so worried about a temporary read-only period it's the the idea of switching the application id that was scary. I've already done it once

[google-appengine] Re: Updated App Engine Pricing FAQ!

2011-07-14 Thread johnP
sending to memcache to get a significant performance boost. johnP On Jul 13, 9:37 pm, Feng xnite...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I have done some quick tests: We are working with 10 Python dictionaries here, ranging from 200KB to 600KB in size. The total size is about 4.2MB, and they contain about 4

[google-appengine] Re: Do I really need to switch to HR?

2011-07-11 Thread johnP
A good tool would simply switch our existing data to HR without changing the app id. Internally, you can copy the data, setup aliasing, whatever... I don't mind :) On Jul 6, 5:01 pm, Gregory D'alesandre gr...@google.com wrote: We are working on better tools for migrating to HRD (and they are

[google-appengine] Re: Updated App Engine Pricing FAQ!

2011-06-30 Thread johnP
- same thing). #2. New pricing for memcache that 'properly reflects the cost of providing the service'? johnP On Jun 30, 1:48 am, Tim meer...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday, June 30, 2011 7:06:03 AM UTC+1, Ikai L (Google) wrote: The plan that is in place will be very close to what we launch

[google-appengine] Re: Updated App Engine Pricing FAQ!

2011-06-30 Thread johnP
if this change (dare I call it 'strategic error') imprints into the public mind as a breach of trust, the impact will be very public, very deep, and very lasting. johnP On Jun 30, 7:51 am, johnP j...@thinkwave.com wrote: Tim - +1 to your message overall. You raised a fascinating point

[google-appengine] Re: Register Article on GAE

2011-06-08 Thread johnP
entrepreneurial venture will fail because I cannot get a product out. In this calculus, the advantage provided by Google Appengine (lowering the cost of deploying a reliable, scalable application by eliminating many categories of activity) win out for me. johnP On Jun 7, 11:10 pm, Brandon Wirtz

[google-appengine] Re: Unused instance stays alive

2011-05-31 Thread johnP
That's called a built-in profit margin. On May 31, 12:51 am, Francois Masurel f.masu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everybody, Does anyone knows why the second instance is still alive after serving only 2 requests in about 38 hours (cf. attachment) ? It would cost me a lot in the new pricing

[google-appengine] Re: Is MapReduce still a flexible solution on AppEngine under the new pricing model?

2011-05-20 Thread johnP
Wow. So many fundamental design assumptions are being turned on their heads with the new incentive model!!! It is unfortunate that Google failed to make the 100% granular cost model work. The promise that made Appengine attractive was: You build an app (adhering to our limitations). We will

[google-appengine] Re: Is MapReduce still a flexible solution on AppEngine under the new pricing model?

2011-05-20 Thread johnP
in the scheduler. Would return the customer value proposition to exactly Pay for what you use. And would bill the same resource you are intending to bill. Maybe it's a semantic difference, but one that would retain the attractiveness of Appengine's original, amazing, revolutionary customer promise. johnP

[google-appengine] Re: What do you want to see answered in Greg's pricing FAQ?

2011-05-16 Thread johnP
100% granular pricing is what made Appengine revolutionary. On May 16, 1:49 am, Sylvain sylvain.viv...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, With the actual prices, a very small paid app that only need 1GB above the free quota costs : $0.15 / month. With the new prices : $9 (monthly fee) + $0.15 = $9.15.

[google-appengine] Re: Is App Engine suddenly becoming more expensive???

2011-05-11 Thread johnP
is free right now. But Google has broken trust with developers before. Ballmer must be sharpening his tongue with witticism on the topic of, Do no Evil So please, be careful with this move. johnP On May 11, 10:57 am, Philip philip.mates...@driggle.com wrote: Hi Greg, suppose

[google-appengine] Re: Is GAE expected to get faster in the future?

2011-05-04 Thread johnP
Brandon - I had the exact same thought at the exact same time. On May 4, 10:10 am, Brandon Donnelson branflake2...@gmail.com wrote: I got 40ms loading thishttp://demogwtcanvas.appspot.com/test.html Brandon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[google-appengine] Re: Is app engine down?

2011-03-08 Thread johnP
+1 - despite the announcement that all's well, all's not well (yet). johnP On Mar 8, 6:46 am, Felippe Bueno felippe.bu...@gmail.com wrote: Same here On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 11:30 AM, andreas schmid a.schmi...@gmail.comwrote: its really not cool. clients are getting angry

[google-appengine] Re: Migration to High Replication, lost access to keys.

2011-02-22 Thread johnP
, is required for planning our resources and development. In other words, instead of further optimizing by moving further in a key_name_hash direction, we'd roll back a bunch of work, perform the transition, then continue. johnP On Feb 1, 10:26 pm, Albert albertpa...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you! On Feb 2

[google-appengine] Re: Your experience with the High Replication Datastore

2011-02-01 Thread johnP
? If, for example, you have lots of data already; and potentially other entanglements to an existing appspot domain - are these customers relegated to slowly dissolve into obsolescence? Or might there be a function available, in the future, to help with the migration? Thanks! johnP On Jan 31, 2:51 pm, Ikai Lan

[google-appengine] Re: Duplicate Property Error - Can't Fix

2011-02-01 Thread johnP
Your model, 'Campaigns' has multiple reference properties that can potentially reference User (either explicitly, or via a non-specific reference property). Add a collection_name to such reference properties (only one can remain without a collection_name). On Feb 1, 5:00 am, Tim Hoffman

[google-appengine] Re: Deployment failing

2011-01-12 Thread johnP
+1 on the deployments failing. On Jan 12, 8:06 am, Ryan Goldstein r...@moberg.com wrote: I've been updating and redeploying my app today (appid: mobergdrmserver). It took progressively longer to deploy, and my most recent attempt failed. From my Eclipse console during my most recent

[google-appengine] Re: Hashing Keys

2010-12-15 Thread johnP
name is limited to 500 bytes long, so it may exceed if you combine several keys into one. -- keakon My blog(Chinese):www.keakon.net Blog source code:https://bitbucket.org/keakon/doodle/ On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 2:43 PM, johnP j...@thinkwave.com wrote: I need to create a large

[google-appengine] Hashing Keys

2010-12-14 Thread johnP
I need to create a large amount of records which relate three other entities. Just for example, take 100 people; 100 days; and 100 restaurants. To create a record for an intersection of a person/day/ restaurant, it's possible to create keyname of person.key()+day.key() +restaurant.key(). And to

[google-appengine] Re: Version 1.4.0 is out!

2010-12-02 Thread johnP
a request hits a warm instance)*. Correct? johnP On Dec 2, 4:42 pm, Ikai Lan (Google) ikai.l+gro...@google.com wrote: No, this is specifically to address DeadlineExceededExceptions on cold starts. Partial imports due to this exception on startup can cause apps to end up in a bad state

[google-appengine] Re: GAE down?? Thousands of 500 Request was aborted after waiting too long

2010-11-23 Thread johnP
Crash and burn? Pretty much unaccessable now. johnP On Nov 23, 9:40 am, A. Stevko andy.ste...@gmail.com wrote: Lastly when something does execute, it is throwing catch (java.lang.RuntimeException with null message. Basically my site is DOWN!!! On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:36 AM

[google-appengine] Re: Early Christmas Present from Google?

2010-11-06 Thread johnP
Amazing. I just pray that this is not temporary. Thank you, and good job. johnP On Nov 6, 7:17 pm, PK p...@gae123.com wrote: I noticed another great improvement: much faster app uploads. See my comments in this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-python/browse_thread

[google-appengine] Re: Latency spikes and aborted requests in the last 24 hours

2010-10-27 Thread johnP
Appengine has been horrible since the last maintenance. Periodic waves of Request was aborted after waiting too long... and DeadlineExceededErrors... Flurries of 25-100 of these in a 2-3 minute period. Occurs on simple pages as well as db-intensive ones. I'm using Django Appengine Patch. It

[google-appengine] Deployment having issues.

2010-10-18 Thread johnP
instances of X running, and 0 instances of Y running, over 30 minutes later). And the usual existential question: Is this for everyone? Or is it just me??? :) johnP -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Google App Engine group. To post to this group, send

[google-appengine] Re: Prerelease SDK 1.3.8 is out!

2010-10-06 Thread johnP
+1 On Oct 6, 8:56 am, Barry Hunter barrybhun...@gmail.com wrote: +1. Make it optional - default to on is ok. As long as it can be disabled. On 6 October 2010 16:29, Rodrigo Moraes rodrigo.mor...@gmail.com wrote: On Oct 6, 6:48 am, Greg wrote: I guess one solution would be to make

[google-appengine] Re: Please Stop Throttling my App!

2010-09-16 Thread johnP
We decide to schedule additional instances of your app based on its user-facing latency. This very material fact is not even mentioned in the article 'Best practices for writing scalable applications' http://code.google.com/appengine/articles/scaling/overview.html johnP On Sep 16, 9:03 am

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