Thanks again Nick. Sorry to be a PITA. We've been told that
TextProperty is effectively the same as StringProperty w/out the
indexing (although the online doc indicates some max length
differences).
What are the differences between ListProperty(db.Text) and
StringListProperty(indexed=False), and what makes the latter better?
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:55 AM, Nick Johnson
(Google)<nick.john...@google.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Jeff Enderwick<jeff.enderw...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> So, if I want StringListProperty, but I don't want/need the indexing,
>> then I ought use ListProperty(db.Text)?
>
> A better option would be to use StringListProperty(indexed=False).
>
> -Nick Johnson
>
>>
>> Thanks again,
>> Jeff
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Nick Johnson
>> (Google)<nick.john...@google.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Jeff Enderwick<jeff.enderw...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Nick. So in the case below, will the datastore then maintain an
>>>> index on alist by default?
>>>
>>> Yes - str and unicode instances get indexed by default.
>>>
>>> -Nick
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 3:35 AM, Nick Johnson
>>>> (Google)<nick.john...@google.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jeff,
>>>>>
>>>>> A StringListProperty is exactly equivalent, as far as the datastore is
>>>>> concerned, to multiple individual String properties. That is, an
>>>>> entity like this:
>>>>>
>>>>> MyEntity(astring="foo", alist=["foo", "bar"])
>>>>>
>>>>> is stored in the datastore analagous to this:
>>>>>
>>>>> (("astring", "foo"), ("alist", "foo"), ("alist", "bar"))
>>>>>
>>>>> -Nick Johnson
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Jeff Enderwick<jeff.enderw...@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey all, is there any datastop/API overhead difference between these
>>>>>> two? Is there any difference in index (or lack thereof) maintenance by
>>>>>> the datastore?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer, App Engine
>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer, App Engine
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>
>> >
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer, App Engine
>
> >
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