What questions do you have about SQL Server Data Services?

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So,

I've written several posts now around coding (in C# and in Java) about using SSDS.  So, I'm a bit curious if anyone out there has specific questions that either I (or others on team) might be able to answer.  This could be code related, design related, etc.  So, what questions do you have?

 

--Jeff--

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  • Anonymous
    March 20, 2008
    I'm curious to know if you're going to have a service similar to Amazon S3. For the application I have in mind, "eventual consistency" of data would be a huge drawback.

  • Anonymous
    March 21, 2008
    Hi Jeff, I am building a desktop app that is intended to store data in SSDS. I want everyone that uses the app [the user] to store their data in a different authority. So my questions around this:

  1. Will there be an authentication mechanism that maps the user to an authority?
  2. Can that auth mechanism be LiveID?
  3. Can you bill individual users for their use of the authority rather than billing me, the ultimate owner of the service? Thanks Jamie
  • Anonymous
    March 21, 2008
    A Couple of quick answers.
  1. We do not use a eventual consistency model.  The inserts you do are visible to your on your next query.  
  2. There is a authentication mechanism on each authority that associates a owning user to that authority.
  3. Presently, this user is not identified via LiveID though we are looking at that work.
  4. Not all of the billing scenarios have been finalized but the one you mention is one that we are considering. Hope this helps, --Jeff--

  • Anonymous
    March 21, 2008
    Hi Jeff, "There is a authentication mechanism on each authority that associates a owning user to that authority." I'm pleasantly surprised that this is already in place. Thanks. Its also great to know that you are looking into these other things. If you need anyone voting for you to include LiveID auth and per-user billing then my hand is firmly in the air! Thanks Jamie jamie.thomson[at]DontSpamMePlease.conchango.com P.S. I'd also be interested in a revenue share model. Microsoft collect from the user whatever they need to collect in order to cover the cost of the service, what is left over comes to the service owner (i.e. me) as a share of the revenue

  • Anonymous
    March 21, 2008
    From Amazon SimpleDB documentation : Eventual Consistency Amazon SimpleDB keeps multiple copies of each

  • Anonymous
    March 21, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    March 21, 2008
    Jeff,

  1. What are your plans and timing for supporting associations/relationships plus lazy- and eager-loading?
  2. When will folks who signed up for the beta know if they've been accepted?
  3. What's the schedule for an Atom/AtomPub implementation? Cheers, --rj

  • Anonymous
    March 22, 2008
    Jeff Currier asked the community to send their questions about SSDS . He got quite a few questions. He

  • Anonymous
    March 23, 2008
    Jeff Currier has a post asking for any coding/design questions related to SSDS…I want to pose a

  • Anonymous
    July 25, 2008
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