Hi Martin, All the 'get_by' methods are syntactic sugar for 'get' - that is, they construct a fully specified key and pass it to get. As such, they're all the same speed.
-Nick Johnson On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Martin Webb <[email protected]> wrote: > Is get_by_key_name as fast as key? or is that slower. What is the best > method is the difference marginal? > > > Regards > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* zygimantas <[email protected]> > *To:* Google App Engine <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thu, 16 September, 2010 21:25:09 > *Subject:* [google-appengine] Re: Model.get_by_id performance > > ok, it makes sense. Thanks. > > On Sep 16, 12:44 am, Kenneth <[email protected]> wrote: > > The id is converted to the key before the remote call so it is the > > same speed. > > > > On Sep 15, 5:48 pm, zygimantas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > As we know, getting entity by the key is extremely fast. But what's > > > about getting entity by ID (using Model.get_by_id)? > > > As I understand, ID should be indexed separately, and getting by ID > > > should be slower than getting by Key, right? > > > > > And this one is related - are there any drawbacks of using ID's on > > > client side if we only care about uniqueness of entity between > > > entities of the same Kind? > > > > > Thank you in advance. > > -- > 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 google-appengine+ > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > -- > 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 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.
