Question: Does DynamoDB support atomic updates?

Answered by Rafal Wilinski
Answer
Yes, DynamoDB supports atomic updates. Atomic updates ensure that multiple updates to a single item are performed in a single operation and are either all applied or none are applied. This allows for consistent and reliable updates to data without the need for additional locking or synchronization mechanisms.
DynamoDB provides several atomic update operations, such as increment and append, that allow users to perform these updates on individual attributes of an item.With TransactGetItems
and TransactWriteItems
you can read/write up to 100 items per transaction.
Other Common DynamoDB FAQ (with Answers)
- Do I need a middleware for DynamoDB?
- Is DynamoDB a key-value store?
- Can DynamoDB have multiple tables?
- Can DynamoDB have duplicates?
- What are the naming conventions in DynamoDB?
- Does DynamoDB support load balancing?
- Is DynamoDB serverless?
- Can colons and special characters be used in DynamoDB attributes?
- How to forcefully delete a DynamoDB table?
- Does sharding affect DynamoDB reads?
- What is DynamoDB used for?
- How to access DynamoDB from outside?
- How to connect to DynamoDB?
- Is DynamoDB good for unstructured data?
- Can a DynamoDB range key be a GSI key?
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