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The CreateTable operation adds a new table to your account. In an Amazon Web
Services account, table names must be unique within each Region. That is, you can
have two tables with same name if you create the tables in different Regions.
CreateTable is an asynchronous operation. Upon receiving a CreateTable
request, DynamoDB immediately returns a response with a TableStatus of CREATING.
After the table is created, DynamoDB sets the TableStatus to ACTIVE.
You can perform read and write operations only on an ACTIVE table.
You can optionally define secondary indexes on the new table, as part of the CreateTable
operation. If you want to create multiple tables with secondary indexes on them, you
must create the tables sequentially. Only one table with secondary indexes can be
in the CREATING state at any given time.
You can use the DescribeTable action to check the table status.
For .NET Core this operation is only available in asynchronous form. Please refer to CreateTableAsync.
Namespace: Amazon.DynamoDBv2
Assembly: AWSSDK.DynamoDBv2.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z
public abstract CreateTableResponse CreateTable( String tableName, List<KeySchemaElement> keySchema, List<AttributeDefinition> attributeDefinitions, ProvisionedThroughput provisionedThroughput )
The name of the table to create. You can also provide the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the table in this parameter.
Specifies the attributes that make up the primary key for a table or an index. The attributes in KeySchema must also be defined in the AttributeDefinitions array. For more information, see Data Model in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide. Each KeySchemaElement in the array is composed of: AttributeName - The name of this key attribute. KeyType - The role that the key attribute will assume: HASH - partition key RANGE - sort key The partition key of an item is also known as its hash attribute. The term "hash attribute" derives from the DynamoDB usage of an internal hash function to evenly distribute data items across partitions, based on their partition key values. The sort key of an item is also known as its range attribute. The term "range attribute" derives from the way DynamoDB stores items with the same partition key physically close together, in sorted order by the sort key value. For a simple primary key (partition key), you must provide exactly one element with a KeyType of HASH. For a composite primary key (partition key and sort key), you must provide exactly two elements, in this order: The first element must have a KeyType of HASH, and the second element must have a KeyType of RANGE. For more information, see Working with Tables in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
An array of attributes that describe the key schema for the table and indexes.
Represents the provisioned throughput settings for a specified table or index. The settings can be modified using the UpdateTable operation. If you set BillingMode as PROVISIONED, you must specify this property. If you set BillingMode as PAY_PER_REQUEST, you cannot specify this property. For current minimum and maximum provisioned throughput values, see Service, Account, and Table Quotas in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| InternalServerErrorException | An error occurred on the server side. |
| LimitExceededException | There is no limit to the number of daily on-demand backups that can be taken. For most purposes, up to 500 simultaneous table operations are allowed per account. These operations include CreateTable, UpdateTable, DeleteTable,UpdateTimeToLive, RestoreTableFromBackup, and RestoreTableToPointInTime. When you are creating a table with one or more secondary indexes, you can have up to 250 such requests running at a time. However, if the table or index specifications are complex, then DynamoDB might temporarily reduce the number of concurrent operations. When importing into DynamoDB, up to 50 simultaneous import table operations are allowed per account. There is a soft account quota of 2,500 tables. GetRecords was called with a value of more than 1000 for the limit request parameter. More than 2 processes are reading from the same streams shard at the same time. Exceeding this limit may result in request throttling. |
| ResourceInUseException | The operation conflicts with the resource's availability. For example, you attempted to recreate an existing table, or tried to delete a table currently in the CREATING state. |
.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5, 4.0, 3.5