Sorry - I got the link wrong earlier. It is: http://blog.shnap.com/migrating-to-the-google-app-engine-high-repli
johnP On Aug 4, 10:13 pm, johnP <j...@thinkwave.com> wrote: > My question was unclearly formulated. I intended to ask, would it be > possible to do what I described *after* the migration? In other > words, would calling db.Key() on the str(old_key) 'convert' it to the > new key? My plan is to do a simple brute-force copy, then convert > keys on-demand in a lazy fashion after migration. > > I previously saw a 'rebuild key' > script:http://blog.shnap.com/migrating-to-the-google-app-engine-high-repl I > assume this can be called 'after migration'. But my question is based > on (wishful?) thinking that perhaps, simply calling db.Key on a legacy > MS string key would be recognized and converted to the appropriate > format for the aliased MS datastore. > > I also understand that I can do a schema change before the migration. > And do appreciate Robert's suggestion to make a virtue out of > necessity during the conversion. But my philosophy is to keep things > simple and not try to do too much at one time:) > > But > > On Aug 4, 6:24 pm, Tim Hoffman <zutes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi John > > > You examples are the same > > > old_keys = [str(key1), str(key2),str(key3)] > > new_keys = [str(db.Key(i)) for i in old_keys] > > > new_keys would be > > > new_keys = [db.Key(i) for i in old_keys] > > assuming new_keys has been declared as db.ListProperty(db.Key) > > > Rgds > > > Tim -- 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.
