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 memory store?
- Is DynamoDB PaaS or SaaS?
- How is data stored in DynamoDB?
- How to store location coordinates in DynamoDB?
- Can DynamoDB store images?
- Can Power BI connect to DynamoDB?
- How to import data from S3 to DynamoDB?
- Why is DynamoDB better than MongoDB?
- Is DynamoDB a relational database?
- Is DynamoDB based on MongoDB?
- Does DynamoDB have read replicas?
- How to create an index in DynamoDB? (how to create an index in dynamodb)
- Is DynamoDB table region specific?
- How to count rows in DynamoDB?
- How do I create an id in DynamoDB?
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