thanks for the clarification Nick - reading the docs again makes that clear.
On Nov 12, 9:39 pm, "Nick Johnson (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Key names must be unique for a given kind and parent. If you do the > following: > > --- > for i in range(100): > MyEntity(key_name='foo', value=i).put() > --- > > you are overwriting the entity with key name 'foo' repeatedly with new > values. Only the last one is stored. > > -Nick Johnson > > > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 3:23 AM, Baron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > yes I am creating a single entity with that key_name for all my > > records (~100000). This also lets me use transactions on my records > > now. > > > > a big fail if you want to use the datastore to, well, store data. > > What side effects will this cause? - degraded response time? > > > Richard > > > On Nov 12, 4:40 am, Wooble <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Nov 11, 8:43 am, Baron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > can I use entities to speed up deleting? It seems when I give all my > > > > model instances the same key_name the deleting is much faster because > > > > "MyModel.all(keys_only=True)" returns only a single record now. > > > > Am I missing something here? > > > > Ummm... it sounds like you're only creating a single entity. This is > > > absolutely great if you want to delete it, and probably a big fail if > > > you want to use the datastore to, well, store data. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google App Engine" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en > > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > > -- > Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer, App Engine > Google Ireland Ltd. :: Registered in Dublin, Ireland, Registration Number: > 368047 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=.
