[google-appengine] Re: Suitability of App Engine for Database Display App

2010-11-30 Thread Julian Namaro
GAE is not designed for performing complex queries on a dataset. It is possible to get it to work by anticipating what queries you will need and building the corresponding indexes, but it is not easy nor flexible, and the complexity of the queries would be limited. Why not start with a relational

[google-appengine] Re: Suitability of App Engine for Database Display App

2010-12-01 Thread adams
Depending on your use case, GAE for business might be of interest: http://code.google.com/appengine/business/ That will support an SQL database. On Nov 28, 4:56 am, smitts wrote: > I'm considering using GAE to host a relatively large (10 Million+ > rows, possibly larger) database.  Data from thi

Re: [google-appengine] Re: Suitability of App Engine for Database Display App

2010-12-02 Thread Ikai Lan (Google)
BigQuery would certainly work, but I don't think it's a fit for this project. BigQuery is best used for very, very large datasets that do not change. The Google I/O demo was based on every single edit ever made to Wikipedia - this data is effectively immutable. -- Ikai Lan Developer Programs Engin