Getting Started with NoSQL

Summary of Video

Shows how to get started using DynamoDB on Amazon Web Service

Prerequisites

Visual Studio 2010 (or greater) and Amazon Web Service Account.

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Support Materials

More information on loading data and other SDK links

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Amazon;
using Amazon.DynamoDB;
using Amazon.DynamoDB.DocumentModel;
using Amazon.DynamoDB.DataModel;
using Amazon.SecurityToken;
using Amazon.Runtime;
// Add using statements to access AWS SDK for .NET services.
// Both the Service and its Model namespace need to be added
// in order to gain access to a service. For example, to access
// the EC2 service, add:
// using Amazon.EC2;
// using Amazon.EC2.Model;
namespace AWS_App1
{
class Program
{
private static AmazonDynamoDBClient client;
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
AmazonDynamoDBConfig config = new AmazonDynamoDBConfig();
config.ServiceURL = “http://dynamodb.us-west-2.amazonaws.com”;

client = new AmazonDynamoDBClient(config);

UploadData();
// Upload data (using the .NET SDK helper API to upload data)
Console.WriteLine(“Data uploaded… To continue, press Enter”);

}
catch (AmazonDynamoDBException e) { Console.WriteLine(“DynamoDB Message:” + e.Message); }
catch (AmazonServiceException e) { Console.WriteLine(“Service Exception:” + e.Message); }
catch (Exception e) { Console.WriteLine(“General Exception:” + e.Message); }
Console.ReadLine();
}
private static void UploadData()
{
Table sampleTable = Table.LoadTable(client, “SampleData”);
var d1 = new Document();
d1[“id”] = “1”;
d1[“Field1”] = “A field”;
d1[“Field2”] = “Another Field”;
sampleTable.PutItem(d1);
var d2 = new Document();
d2[“id”] = “2”;
d2[“Field1”] = “A field 2”;
d2[“Field2”] = “Another Field 2”;
sampleTable.PutItem(d2);
}
}
}