If you don't need the entity, count(1) would be faster than fetch(1) or get(). -- Dan
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:54 PM, SM <sanja...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have a simple model like this: > > class MyModel(db.Model): > prop = db.StringProperty() > active = db.BooleanProperty(default=False) > > Given an input string, s, I'd like to know if it is in the datastore. > Would this be the best way to check? > > if MyModel.gql("WHERE prop = :1 AND active = True", s).fetch(1): > print "Found" > else: > print "Not found" > > Is there a faster/better way? Do I need to do anything with indexes to > make this query better? > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---