I wouldn't suggest treating Google Base as a Data Base in any RDBMS sense. Might be something in Apps though.
On Feb 7, 7:24 am, Kiula <[email protected]> wrote: > I am looking to use Google Base as a database for my web service. The > data I have is simple (5 columns of a database table) but voluminous > (about 5 million rows, and growing). > > Questions: > > (1) Can I do this? Is it efficient? If GBase is only accessible as XML > feeds and all this new-age mumbo jumbo, it's good for pulling a few > items at one time, but not for a serious application. Is this > understanding correct? The server I have is dedicated but making > requests for XML doesn't sound terribly fast to me. > > (2) Where can I find the terms/conditions of how much data I can store > on Google Base? There is no maximum mentioned > here:http://base.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=62594, > although I do note this: > > "You acknowledge that Google has set no fixed upper limit on the > number of transmissions you may send or receive through Google > services or the amount of storage space used; however, we retain the > right, at our sole discretion, to create limits at any time with or > without notice." > > -- Does this mean that if Google decides that I am storing too much > data, then it can pull the plug...in that event will I be given a > chance to at least backup my data to local servers? > > Thanks for any advice. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Base Data API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Base-data-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
