A good tool would simply switch our existing data to HR without changing the app id. Internally, you can copy the data, setup aliasing, whatever... I don't mind :)
On Jul 6, 5:01 pm, "Gregory D'alesandre" <gr...@google.com> wrote: > We are working on better tools for migrating to HRD (and they are currently > being tested), I'll post once we have them widely available. > > Greg > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Waleed Abdulla <wal...@ninua.com> wrote: > > Please star this issue if you agree that Google should make the migration > > process easier rather than putting the burdon on the developers. After all, > > most developers signed up to GAE to avoid having to deal with issues like > > that. > > >http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=5250 > > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Robert Kluin <robert.kl...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >> Keys do contain the appid. > > >> One solution would be to adjust your code to catch the exception that > >> gets thrown when "accessing the old apps data", the recreate the key > >> for the new appid. > > >> Robert > > >> On Wednesday, July 6, 2011, Joshua Smith <joshuaesm...@charter.net> > >> wrote: > >> > Another thing that occurs to me is that anyplace I've used a key > >> external to the application would have to be dealt with. For example, one > >> of our apps has an RSS feed that our managers use to keep track of whether > >> customers have uploaded new information. This looks like: > > >> >http://myapp.com/rss?cust=DAFHP983RPFDSALFHDSKLFJHLSDKAFH > > >> > (where the gobledegook is the datastore key) > > >> > My managers would need to update all their bookmarks, since I believe > >> that key has the name of the app pickled in it someplace, right? > > >> > Is there any way to avoid having the keys change when I switch to HR? > > >> > If not, is there a way that I could decorate database queries so that > >> they quietly turn old keys into new ones? > > >> > -Joshua > > >> > On Jul 5, 2011, at 3:35 PM, Joshua Smith wrote: > > >> >> I have several apps and I've got this pesky to-do list item for all of > >> them, to switch them over to the HR datastore. > > >> >> In preparation, I've read blog entries by people who have done this, > >> and I'm still on the fence about whether it is worth the trouble. > > >> >> I get very few datastore timeouts in my apps, and periodic maintenance > >> has never really been an issue. > > >> >> I've read about gotchas with eventual consistency, and it seems > >> unlikely that I could convince myself that I'm safe from this for any > >> reasonably complex app. (I'm not concerned that I cannot reprogram the > >> apps > >> to fix the problem, but rather I'm concerned that I could not ensure there > >> weren't going to be problems. If it ain't broke...) > > >> >> I'm not clear on how I would go about getting google to grandfather my > >> old 2000 emails quotas if I create a new -hr version of my app. > > >> >> I've also read that migrating uses TONS of CPU, and it is therefore > >> going to cost me money to do. > > >> >> Really, the only reason TO do the switch is that I've read repeated > >> admonitions from google that I *should* be using HR. > > >> >> What's the consensus here? Is it worth the time, risk, and cost? > > >> >> -Joshua > > >> >> -- > >> >> 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. > > >> > -- > >> > 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. > > >> -- > >> ------ > >> Robert Kluin > >> Ezox Systems, LLC > > >> -- > >> 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. > > > -- > > 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. 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