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Creating DynamoDB databases

Creating DynamoDB databases - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Tutorial

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Creating DynamoDB databases

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- So we've seen how to create a relational database. Now we're going to look at our first example of a No SQL database. We're going to look at creating a DynamoDB database. Now things get a little odd here. Because we call it a DynamoDB database, but we don't actually create a DynamoDB database. We create a DynamoDB table. And then we use it to store stuff. Okay. So DynamoDB tables are all managed as these independent table entities that are not related to any other tables, right? So there's no real need for an extra database container. The table itself is the container for all of your objects that you're going to store. So let's take a look at the process. So here in the AWS Management Console, we're going to scroll down to databases and here we have DynamoDB. And when you go into DynamoDB for the first time, you're going to get your typical overview screen, a link to a getting started guide and notice the process of…

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