Key names must be unique for a given kind and parent. If you do the following:
--- for i in range(100): MyEntity(key_name='foo', value=i).put() --- you are overwriting the entity with key name 'foo' repeatedly with new values. Only the last one is stored. -Nick Johnson On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 3:23 AM, Baron <richar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > yes I am creating a single entity with that key_name for all my > records (~100000). This also lets me use transactions on my records > now. > > > a big fail if you want to use the datastore to, well, store data. > What side effects will this cause? - degraded response time? > > Richard > > > On Nov 12, 4:40 am, Wooble <geoffsp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Nov 11, 8:43 am, Baron <richar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > can I use entities to speed up deleting? It seems when I give all my > > > model instances the same key_name the deleting is much faster because > > > "MyModel.all(keys_only=True)" returns only a single record now. > > > Am I missing something here? > > > > Ummm... it sounds like you're only creating a single entity. This is > > absolutely great if you want to delete it, and probably a big fail if > > you want to use the datastore to, well, store data. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > 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<google-appengine%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > 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 google-appeng...@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=.
