yup that happens. sometimes i will read data into a dict so i can grab more than 30 rows and perform the "join" myself.
i just spent a bunch of time redoing one of my databases to make it more NOSQL happy. On Friday, February 24, 2012 10:48:25 PM UTC-8, Peter G. wrote: > > BrendanC: Thanks for those resources! I ended up gutting that > functionality for now, but those are some great read :)! The non- > relational database backend requires some "unlearning" of SQL database > practices... New challenge for a new environment. > > I also have not gotten a local shell working with GAE; it would be > really helpful for interactive development if it existed! > > howesc: I'm using the latest stable version (1.99.4). While your > method works as a work around of sorts, it's far too crippled by GAE's > non-relational nature. I would potentially need dozens of queries in > order to fetch all possible mootGroups since GAE limits IN to only 30 > items per query! So I simply had to de-normalize the database and gut > the feature I was working on from before. > > Thank you both for your helpful replies, I'll definitely be asking > more questions as I hobble along ;)!