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Amrith Kumar

Author: Amrith Kumar

Working with JSON data in Amazon DynamoDB

Amazon DynamoDB allows you to store JSON objects into attributes and perform many operations on these objects, including filtering, updating, and deleting. This is a very powerful capability because it allows applications to store objects (JSON data, arrays) directly into DynamoDB tables, and still retain the ability to use nested attributes within these objects in […]

Use Amazon DynamoDB global tables in DynamoDB Shell

Global tables build on the global Amazon DynamoDB footprint to provide you with a fully managed, multi-Region, multi-active database that delivers fast, local, read and write performance for massively scaled, global applications. Global tables replicate your DynamoDB tables automatically across your choice of AWS Regions. DynamoDB Shell is an interactive command line interface for DynamoDB. […]

Query data with DynamoDB Shell – a command line interface for Amazon DynamoDB

For newcomers to DynamoDB, the learning curve can be steep, so we developed DynamoDB Shell (ddbsh), an open-source command line interface for Amazon DynamoDB. One of the objectives of ddbsh is to provide a simple and intuitive environment for newcomers to DynamoDB that allows them to get started by running familiar SQL-like commands. The query […]