From SQL to NoSQL
If you are an application developer, you might have some experience using a relational
database management system (RDBMS) and Structured Query Language (SQL). As you begin working
with Amazon DynamoDB, you will encounter many similarities, but also many things that are
different. NoSQL is a term used to describe nonrelational database
systems that are highly available, scalable, and optimized for high performance. Instead of
the relational model, NoSQL databases (like DynamoDB) use alternate models for data management,
such as key-value pairs or document storage. For more information, see What is NoSQL?
Amazon DynamoDB supports PartiQL
The following sections describe common database tasks, comparing and contrasting SQL statements with their equivalent DynamoDB operations.
The SQL examples in this section are compatible with the MySQL RDBMS.
The DynamoDB examples in this section show the name of the DynamoDB operation, along with the parameters for that operation in JSON format. For code examples that use these operations, see Getting started with DynamoDB and the AWS SDKs.
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