the formatting of my msg got all garbled, sorry 'bout that...
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Baz <[email protected]> wrote: > I am excited about the SimpleDB integration that you guys implemented. > The interface is very clean and intuitive. I was wondering how current > it is with new amazon developments, and how aggressively you plan to > monitor and follow changes. For example these are some recent > enhancements: > > MAR-24-2009: BatchPutAttributes - Amazon SimpleDB now provides > BatchPutAttributes, a new operation that enables you to perform > multiple PutAttribute operations in a single call.For more > information, see BatchPutAttributes. > FEB-18-2009: count(*) - Amazon SimpleDB now allows you to count the > number of items in a result set instead of returning the set. For more > information, see Count. > DEC-17-2008: Select - Amazon SimpleDB now provides Select, a new query > function that is similar to the standard SQL SELECT statement. For > more information, see Using Select. > DEC-17-2008: Signature version 2 - Amazon SimpleDB now supports > signature version 2, which is a more secure method for signing REST > requests. For more information, see Authenticating REST Requests. > > Are these implemented by chance? > > A really good one is the SELECT. Queries can now look pretty much like > SQL and we can do away with oddities like the square brackets: select > * from mydomain where Year > '1975' and Year < '2008' > - > http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonSimpleDB/latest/DeveloperGuide/UsingSelect.html > > An important one is the signature change to version 2. The version 1 > signature is insecure and deprecated and will not be function as of > SEP-2009 > - http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=1928 > - > http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonSimpleDB/latest/DeveloperGuide/index.html?REST_RESTAuth.html > > Of course the ability to count records without returning them is great > too, as well as sorting (not listed): > - http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonSimpleDB/latest/DeveloperGuide/ > (select count(*) from mydomain where Title = 'The Right Stuff') > - http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonSimpleDB/latest/DeveloperGuide/ > (select * from mydomain order by Year asc) > > Thanks for your time and efforts! > > Baz > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Open BlueDragon Public Mailing List http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en official site @ http://www.openbluedragon.org/ !! save a network - trim replies before posting !! -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
