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I have a db design that requires a many 2 many 2 many.




  • ObjectA can have multiples of ObjectB


  • ObjectB can have multiples of ObjectC


  • ObjectB can have multiples of ObjectD


  • ObjectC can have multiples of ObjectE


  • ObjectB can have multiples of ObjectE



I dug up this post about adjacent lists.
It makes sense for the simpler model they are dealing with.



The other thing I should add is I don't want to duplicate data. For instance I am storing addresses in ObjectB, I want those to be unique. I was thinking of just Base64 encoding the entire address line and using that for hash key.



I have two questions:




  1. is dynamo the correct database to use for this?


  2. What would the data model look like in dynamo?











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    I have a db design that requires a many 2 many 2 many.




    • ObjectA can have multiples of ObjectB


    • ObjectB can have multiples of ObjectC


    • ObjectB can have multiples of ObjectD


    • ObjectC can have multiples of ObjectE


    • ObjectB can have multiples of ObjectE



    I dug up this post about adjacent lists.
    It makes sense for the simpler model they are dealing with.



    The other thing I should add is I don't want to duplicate data. For instance I am storing addresses in ObjectB, I want those to be unique. I was thinking of just Base64 encoding the entire address line and using that for hash key.



    I have two questions:




    1. is dynamo the correct database to use for this?


    2. What would the data model look like in dynamo?











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      I have a db design that requires a many 2 many 2 many.




      • ObjectA can have multiples of ObjectB


      • ObjectB can have multiples of ObjectC


      • ObjectB can have multiples of ObjectD


      • ObjectC can have multiples of ObjectE


      • ObjectB can have multiples of ObjectE



      I dug up this post about adjacent lists.
      It makes sense for the simpler model they are dealing with.



      The other thing I should add is I don't want to duplicate data. For instance I am storing addresses in ObjectB, I want those to be unique. I was thinking of just Base64 encoding the entire address line and using that for hash key.



      I have two questions:




      1. is dynamo the correct database to use for this?


      2. What would the data model look like in dynamo?











      share|improve this question
















      I have a db design that requires a many 2 many 2 many.




      • ObjectA can have multiples of ObjectB


      • ObjectB can have multiples of ObjectC


      • ObjectB can have multiples of ObjectD


      • ObjectC can have multiples of ObjectE


      • ObjectB can have multiples of ObjectE



      I dug up this post about adjacent lists.
      It makes sense for the simpler model they are dealing with.



      The other thing I should add is I don't want to duplicate data. For instance I am storing addresses in ObjectB, I want those to be unique. I was thinking of just Base64 encoding the entire address line and using that for hash key.



      I have two questions:




      1. is dynamo the correct database to use for this?


      2. What would the data model look like in dynamo?








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          I think the answer to you question is actually in the question itself. You want to have many to many relationships in a NoSQL (non relational) DB. Despite being able to achieve your goal with Dynamo, this will implicate a lot of unnecessary problems. I suggest you change the direction and go with RDS, the SQL Service of AWS.






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          • That is a fair point and is what i was thinking. The only draw back I can think of is I am using lambda, and at scale is connection limit to RDS. But thank you for the response.

            – Wolfie010
            Nov 13 '18 at 18:17













          • There are workarounds to this. You can search a bit on the matter and you will find a lot of information. Simply put, you can achieve connection pooling by creating connections out of the handler scope. Check this forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=216000

            – AlexK
            Nov 13 '18 at 18:25











          • I was able to get this easily working in SQL. Thanks for the advice.

            – Wolfie010
            Nov 15 '18 at 21:48











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          I think the answer to you question is actually in the question itself. You want to have many to many relationships in a NoSQL (non relational) DB. Despite being able to achieve your goal with Dynamo, this will implicate a lot of unnecessary problems. I suggest you change the direction and go with RDS, the SQL Service of AWS.






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          • That is a fair point and is what i was thinking. The only draw back I can think of is I am using lambda, and at scale is connection limit to RDS. But thank you for the response.

            – Wolfie010
            Nov 13 '18 at 18:17













          • There are workarounds to this. You can search a bit on the matter and you will find a lot of information. Simply put, you can achieve connection pooling by creating connections out of the handler scope. Check this forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=216000

            – AlexK
            Nov 13 '18 at 18:25











          • I was able to get this easily working in SQL. Thanks for the advice.

            – Wolfie010
            Nov 15 '18 at 21:48
















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          I think the answer to you question is actually in the question itself. You want to have many to many relationships in a NoSQL (non relational) DB. Despite being able to achieve your goal with Dynamo, this will implicate a lot of unnecessary problems. I suggest you change the direction and go with RDS, the SQL Service of AWS.






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          • That is a fair point and is what i was thinking. The only draw back I can think of is I am using lambda, and at scale is connection limit to RDS. But thank you for the response.

            – Wolfie010
            Nov 13 '18 at 18:17













          • There are workarounds to this. You can search a bit on the matter and you will find a lot of information. Simply put, you can achieve connection pooling by creating connections out of the handler scope. Check this forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=216000

            – AlexK
            Nov 13 '18 at 18:25











          • I was able to get this easily working in SQL. Thanks for the advice.

            – Wolfie010
            Nov 15 '18 at 21:48














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          I think the answer to you question is actually in the question itself. You want to have many to many relationships in a NoSQL (non relational) DB. Despite being able to achieve your goal with Dynamo, this will implicate a lot of unnecessary problems. I suggest you change the direction and go with RDS, the SQL Service of AWS.






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          I think the answer to you question is actually in the question itself. You want to have many to many relationships in a NoSQL (non relational) DB. Despite being able to achieve your goal with Dynamo, this will implicate a lot of unnecessary problems. I suggest you change the direction and go with RDS, the SQL Service of AWS.







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          • That is a fair point and is what i was thinking. The only draw back I can think of is I am using lambda, and at scale is connection limit to RDS. But thank you for the response.

            – Wolfie010
            Nov 13 '18 at 18:17













          • There are workarounds to this. You can search a bit on the matter and you will find a lot of information. Simply put, you can achieve connection pooling by creating connections out of the handler scope. Check this forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=216000

            – AlexK
            Nov 13 '18 at 18:25











          • I was able to get this easily working in SQL. Thanks for the advice.

            – Wolfie010
            Nov 15 '18 at 21:48



















          • That is a fair point and is what i was thinking. The only draw back I can think of is I am using lambda, and at scale is connection limit to RDS. But thank you for the response.

            – Wolfie010
            Nov 13 '18 at 18:17













          • There are workarounds to this. You can search a bit on the matter and you will find a lot of information. Simply put, you can achieve connection pooling by creating connections out of the handler scope. Check this forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=216000

            – AlexK
            Nov 13 '18 at 18:25











          • I was able to get this easily working in SQL. Thanks for the advice.

            – Wolfie010
            Nov 15 '18 at 21:48

















          That is a fair point and is what i was thinking. The only draw back I can think of is I am using lambda, and at scale is connection limit to RDS. But thank you for the response.

          – Wolfie010
          Nov 13 '18 at 18:17







          That is a fair point and is what i was thinking. The only draw back I can think of is I am using lambda, and at scale is connection limit to RDS. But thank you for the response.

          – Wolfie010
          Nov 13 '18 at 18:17















          There are workarounds to this. You can search a bit on the matter and you will find a lot of information. Simply put, you can achieve connection pooling by creating connections out of the handler scope. Check this forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=216000

          – AlexK
          Nov 13 '18 at 18:25





          There are workarounds to this. You can search a bit on the matter and you will find a lot of information. Simply put, you can achieve connection pooling by creating connections out of the handler scope. Check this forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=216000

          – AlexK
          Nov 13 '18 at 18:25













          I was able to get this easily working in SQL. Thanks for the advice.

          – Wolfie010
          Nov 15 '18 at 21:48





          I was able to get this easily working in SQL. Thanks for the advice.

          – Wolfie010
          Nov 15 '18 at 21:48


















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