Question: Is DynamoDB SQL or NoSQL?

Answered by Rafal Wilinski
Answer
DynamoDB is a NoSQL database provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It is a fast, scalable, and flexible cloud-based database that allows developers to store and retrieve any amount of data, and serve any level of request traffic.
Unlike SQL databases, which use structured query language (SQL) to manipulate and manage data, NoSQL databases like DynamoDB use a variety of different data models, including document, key-value, and wide-column, to store and retrieve data. This makes DynamoDB well-suited for handling large amounts of unstructured or semistructured data, and for applications that require low-latency data access.
Other Common DynamoDB FAQ (with Answers)
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- Should you make a new DynamoDB client for each request?
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- Which AWS regions support DynamoDB?
- Is DynamoDB open source?
- Can DynamoDB be replicated?
- Why is DynamoDB better than MongoDB?
- Can DynamoDB have null values?
- How to access DynamoDB from EC2?
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- Can colons and special characters be used in DynamoDB attributes?
- How resilient is DynamoDB?
- Is DynamoDB HIPAA compliant?
- Can a DynamoDB range key be a GSI key?
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