Pagination
Explore the concept of pagination in DynamoDB to efficiently handle large query results. Understand the roles of exclusiveStartKey, lastEvaluatedKey, and queryPageSize to safely retrieve data in blocks without compromising database performance. Gain skills to implement sequential data calls and ensure system stability when accessing extensive information.
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There are times when the amount of information returned by DynamoDB is very large. That is why it isn’t advisable to obtain all that information in a single call. Doing this could be risky, because it could cause failures and adversely affect everything in a system. For this reason, it’s advisable to split the information into blocks called pages. In this lesson, we’re going to review what pagination is in DynamoDB.
What is pagination?
Pagination a functionality that allows you to receive fixed-size blocks with the information you want to retrieve from a database. This allows chunks of information to be received by making several sequential calls to an API.