Hmm, nevermind, I see the issue in the issue tracker related to an "Index Management API". I guess I'm not the only one. Starring it.
On Jan 8, 1:46 pm, RyanD <[email protected]> wrote: > One followup question to the case described above: > > If I want entity types that are application controlled, and > dynamically created through the low level API (as described above), > then there is no way to create indexes unless there is also some kind > of low level API for index creation. As it stands the index files > appear to be a static part of the uploaded application files, which > wouldn't work with dynamically create entity types. Am I > understanding this index "limitation" correctly? If so, are there any > long term plans for a low level index API? > > Ryan > > On Nov 19 2009, 11:53 am, "Ikai L (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Ryan, > > > The answer to both of your questions is "no" with a gotcha. Unlike an RDBMS > > in which tables can enforce some degree of the concept of "Type", BigTable > > has no concept of type or tables. Entities are mapped by an Entity index, > > which in turn is also stored in BigTable. Searchable/filterable fields on an > > entity also generate indexes, and composite indexes are also generated > > depending on what queries are being done. There is no limit to the amount of > > entities you can store, but you will only be able to retrieve 1000 with any > > given query until we release cursor support in an upcoming release. > > > We'll be publishing an article that describes how the data store works > > underneath the hood soon. I'll post it when it goes live. > > > On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 5:55 PM, RyanD <[email protected]> wrote: > > > A couple of quota questions: > > > > 1) Mainly: I'm looking to develop an application that has an > > > *unbounded* number of entity types / kinds (by using the low level > > > Java API). Is this possible, or is there some limit to the number of > > > entity types / kinds that an application may have? > > > > 2) Any limit on the number of entries for a single entity type / > > > kind? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ryan > > > > -- > > > > 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%2Bunsubscrib > > > [email protected]> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=. > > > -- > > Ikai Lan > > Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine
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