Question: Are DynamoDB table names supposed to be unique?
Answered by Rafal Wilinski
Answer
Yes, DynamoDB table names must be unique within a region in an AWS account. This is because table names are used to identify the specific table when performing operations.
Other Common DynamoDB FAQ (with Answers)
- Is DynamoDB a relational database?
- Can DynamoDB have nested objects?
- Does DynamoDB have read replicas?
- Can a DynamoDB range key be a GSI key?
- How to create an index in DynamoDB? (how to create an index in dynamodb)
- Can Tableau connect to DynamoDB?
- Can DynamoDB trigger AWS Step Functions?
- Can you store XML in DynamoDB?
- Can we pass objects as an item in DynamoDB?
- Can we store list in DynamoDB?
- How to track changes to items in DynamoDB?
- Can Power BI connect to DynamoDB?
- Is DynamoDB OLTP or OLAP?
- Can colons and special characters be used in DynamoDB attributes?
- What are the differences between DynamoDB and MySQL?
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