Eliminating range key criteria for Dynamo Update query? - android

How can I get Dynamo's UpdateItemRequest to either ignore the range key, or do a coarse test such as not null?
I am using a range key which contains the time of a record update. Separately, I update rows which I select using an ID field which is not a key. I update the ID field using an expectedAttribute in an UpdateItemRequest. Dynamo's UpdateItemRequest forces me to specify a range key value. My ID update code will not know the range key value. Can I somehow not specify a range key and not get an error? Or can I provide a simple range key test like not null?
When I remove the range key, AWS throws an error, "The provided key element does not match the schema"
// construct the update map
HashMap<String, AttributeValueUpdate> updates = new HashMap<String, AttributeValueUpdate>();
AttributeValue av = new AttributeValue().withN("1");
AttributeValueUpdate avu = new AttributeValueUpdate().withValue(av).withAction(AttributeAction.PUT);
updates.put("Column1", avu);
AttributeValue av2 = new AttributeValue().withN("2");
AttributeValueUpdate avu2 = new AttributeValueUpdate().withValue(av2).withAction(
AttributeAction.PUT);
updates.put("Column2", avu2);
// construct the key map
HashMap<String, AttributeValue> keyMap = new HashMap<String, AttributeValue>();
AttributeValue hashValue = new AttributeValue().withN("10");
keyMap.put("hashKey", hashValue);
AttributeValue lastModKeyValue = new AttributeValue().withN("1404175127074");
// ****** I want to remove this key but Dynamo throws an error
keyMap.put("problemRangeKey", lastModKeyValue);
// expected value comparison
AttributeValue idValue = new AttributeValue().withN("100");
ExpectedAttributeValue expected = new ExpectedAttributeValue(idValue);
UpdateItemRequest request = new UpdateItemRequest().withTableName(DatabaseConstants.CHART_TABLE)
.withKey(keyMap).withAttributeUpdates(updates).addExpectedEntry(ID, expected);
ddb.updateItem(request);
For clarity, here is how I use the range key to find rows after a specific time. If I remove this time range, then I would do a big scan every time to find rows after a specific time.
Map keyConditions = new HashMap();
AttributeValue attribute = new AttributeValue().withN("10");
Condition hashKeyCondition = new Condition().withComparisonOperator(ComparisonOperator.EQ.toString())
.withAttributeValueList(attribute);
keyConditions.put("hashKey", hashKeyCondition);
// specify new records
long lastQueryTime = PrefsActivity.getLastDynamoQueryTime(activity);
String lastTimeString = String.valueOf(lastQueryTime);
Log.v(TAG, "get Charts from dynamo that are after " + lastTimeString);
// update the query time to now
long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
PrefsActivity.setLastDynamoQueryTime(activity, now);
AttributeValue timeAttribute = new AttributeValue().withN(lastTimeString);
Condition timeCondition = new Condition().withComparisonOperator(ComparisonOperator.GT.toString())
.withAttributeValueList(timeAttribute);
keyConditions.put("problemRangeKey", timeCondition);
List<Map<String, AttributeValue>> ChartsInMaps = new ArrayList<Map<String, AttributeValue>>();
Map lastEvaluatedKey = null;
QueryRequest request = new QueryRequest().withTableName("tableName")
.withKeyConditions(keyConditions).withExclusiveStartKey(lastEvaluatedKey);
QueryResult result = ddb.query(request);
I'm working with the latest AWS Android SDK. In the sample above, I'm setting the hashKey to "10". In practice, that will vary.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Jeff

The question is, you want to update all items with a specific hashKey value and a specific column value (column name is id).
The table is Hash-Range schema. Since you don't know the range key, you have to fetch all the rows with that hashKey and then do a filter based on the column value (ID == value). You can use query filter to do that efficiently. Then for each row in your query, do a conditional put with expected value (ID == value) just to be sure.
QueryRequest request = new QueryRequest();
// set up query request (table name, etc)
// set up query filter (ID == value)
QueryResponse response = client.query(request)
for (item in response.items):
PutItemRequest req = new PutItemRequest();
// set up put item request
// set up primary key for item to update
// hashkey = item.hashkey
// rangekey = item.rangeKey
// set up expected value (ID == value)
client.updateItem(req)
On the other hand, since you want to efficiently query all the rows after a specific time, you can create a Local Secondary Index with "time" as a range key instead of making "time" the range key of your base table. You can still do efficient query using LSI (compared with scanning the table and filter by time). Whats more important is, if your "ID" attribute can uniquely identify a row with your hashkey, you can make "ID" the range key of your base table. This way you can also update the item efficiently since you already know the hashkey value and range key value (id value).
Of course it only truly benefits you when your hashkey and "ID" can uniquely identify a row :)

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I believe you're are actually looking for this:
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request.setKey(Collections.singletonMap("hashkey",
new AttributeValue().withS("my_key")));
request.setUpdateExpression("list_append(:prepend_value, my_list)");
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);
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I can query easily as an example for songs that are in "Category" = "Rap" and "UserRating" = 1
How ever what I would like to do for example is query songs that are in "Category" = "Rap + Rock + Jazz" and "UserRating" = 1.
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if (example == null)
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How do I create a group with a source_id reference?

Update
I finally figured this one out:
The key is to create the group with an account name and account type, something that is not really apparent looking at the documentation (there are no fields with those name in ContactsContract.Groups they are in the SyncColumns). When you create the group with those two values, the sync process will generate the source_id for you, at which point you can add member using either the group row id or the source_id.
Here is some sample code if anyone needs it.
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
values.put(ContactsContract.Groups.TITLE,"yourGroupName");
values.put(ContactsContract.Groups.ACCOUNT_TYPE,"com.google");
values.put(ContactsContract.Groups.ACCOUNT_NAME,"someuser#gmail.com");
values.put(ContactsContract.Groups.GROUP_VISIBLE,1);
context.getContentResolver().insert(ContactsContract.Groups.CONTENT_URI, values);
then to add members:
values = new ContentValues();
values.put(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.MIMETYPE,ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE);
values.put(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.RAW_CONTACT_ID, 22);
//values.put(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.GROUP_ROW_ID, 56);
// the above or
values.put(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.GROUP_SOURCE_ID,"sourceIdthatIsFilledInAfterSync");
//context.getContentResolver().insert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI,values);
Original question:
I have been struggling with an issue related to syncing group memberships and think I figured out the cause, but I don't know how to fix it.
After creating 2 groups , one via code the the other manually and then query the groups using these columns.
private final static String[] GROUP_COLUMNS = {
ContactsContract.Groups._ID,
ContactsContract.Groups.DATA_SET,
ContactsContract.Groups.NOTES,
ContactsContract.Groups.SYSTEM_ID,
ContactsContract.Groups.GROUP_VISIBLE,
ContactsContract.Groups.DELETED,
ContactsContract.Groups.SHOULD_SYNC,
ContactsContract.Groups.SOURCE_ID,
ContactsContract.Groups.TITLE
};
I can dump out the results as this.
: --- begin ---
: key = title , value = myNewTestGroup
: key = data_set , value = null
: key = _id , value = 45
: key = sourceid , value = null
: key = group_visible , value = 1
: key = system_id , value = null
: key = should_sync , value = 1
: key = notes , value = myNewTestGroup
: key = deleted , value = 0
: --- end ---
: --- begin ---
: key = title , value = Mytest2
: key = data_set , value = null
: key = _id , value = 46
: key = sourceid , value = 144c8b8d0cca8a52
: key = group_visible , value = 1
: key = system_id , value = null
: key = should_sync , value = 1
: key = notes , value = Mytest2
: key = deleted , value = 0
: --- end ---
The manually create group (Mytest2) has a souceid which is listed as a column in ContactsContract.SyncColumns, while the code generated group has null.
I see references to source_id in may places in the android docs but I can't see how to obtain one.
I think somehow i would get this if i associate the group with an account.
Does anyone know how to associate at group with an account, or otherwise get this source id field set?
I finally figured this one out: The key is to create the group with an account name and account type, something that is not really apparent looking at the documentation (there are no fields with those name in ContactsContract.Groups they are in the SyncColumns). When you create the group with those two values, the sync process will generate the source_id for you, at which point you can add member using either the group row id or the source_id.
Here is some sample code if anyone needs it.
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
values.put(ContactsContract.Groups.TITLE,"yourGroupName");
values.put(ContactsContract.Groups.ACCOUNT_TYPE,"com.google");
values.put(ContactsContract.Groups.ACCOUNT_NAME,"someuser#gmail.com");
values.put(ContactsContract.Groups.GROUP_VISIBLE,1);
context.getContentResolver().insert(ContactsContract.Groups.CONTENT_URI, values);
then to add members:
values = new ContentValues();
values.put(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.MIMETYPE,ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE);
values.put(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.RAW_CONTACT_ID, 22);
//values.put(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.GROUP_ROW_ID, 56);
// the above or
values.put(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership.GROUP_SOURCE_ID,"sourceIdthatIsFilledInAfterSync");
context.getContentResolver().insert(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI,values);
The data in sourceid still needs to be set in the second example before you are able to retrieve it.
here is what the docs have to say about sourceid:
String SOURCE_ID read/write:
String that uniquely identifies this row to its source account.
Typically it is set at the time the raw contact is inserted and never
changed afterwards. The one notable exception is a new raw contact: it
will have an account name and type (and possibly a data set), but no
source id. This indicates to the sync adapter that a new contact needs
to be created server-side and its ID stored in the corresponding
SOURCE_ID field on the phone.

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