Question

What are the naming rules to be followed in DynamoDB is it different to that of MySQL?

Answer 1

There are certain rules that needs to be followed while naming a table in DynamoDB. The rules can be stated as follows:-

The following are the naming rules for DynamoDB:

• All names must be encoded using UTF-8, and are case-sensitive.

• Table names and index names must be between 3 and 255 characters long, and can contain only the following characters:

  • a-z
  • A-Z
  • 0-9
  • _ (underscore)
  • - (dash)
  • . (dot)

• Attribute names must be between 1 and 255 characters long.