Hi Peter, On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 6:01 AM, Peter Liu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is using url as a string key for an entity really inefficient for > space? > > Say if the url is long and it's 1k byte, each key is repeatedly stored > with each indexed property right? If you have a list property of 5000 > items, will the keys of those 5000 index entries consume 5M? > That's correct (give or take some overhead factor). If you're concerned about length, you might want to consider using the MD5 or SHA1 hash of the URL as the key instead. -Nick Johnson > > Thanks. > > -- > 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=en.
