DynamoDB limits partition-key length to 2048 bytes and sort-key length
to 1024 bytes. Alternator currently has no such limits officially, but
if a user tries a key length of over 64 KB, the result will be an
"internal server error" as Alternator runs into Scylla's low-level key
length limit of 64 KB.
In this patch we add (mostly xfailing) tests confirming all the above
observations. The tests include extensive comments on what they are
testing and why. Some of these tests (specifically, the ones checking
what happens above 64 KB) should pass once Alternator is fixed. Other
tests - requiring that the limits be exactly what they are in DynamoDB -
may either not pass or change in the future, depending on what we decide
the limits should be in Alternator.
Refs #10347
Signed-off-by: Nadav Har'El <nyh@scylladb.com>
Closes#10438
Instead of lengthy blurbs, switch to single-line, machine-readable
standardized (https://spdx.dev) license identifiers. The Linux kernel
switched long ago, so there is strong precedent.
Three cases are handled: AGPL-only, Apache-only, and dual licensed.
For the latter case, I chose (AGPL-3.0-or-later and Apache-2.0),
reasoning that our changes are extensive enough to apply our license.
The changes we applied mechanically with a script, except to
licenses/README.md.
Closes#9937
The DynamoDB documentation
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Limits.html
describes several hard limits on the size of the size of expressions
(ProjectionExpression, ConditionExpression, UpdateExpression,
FilterExpression) and various elements they contain.
In this patch we begin testing those limits with a comprehensive test for
the *length* of each of these four expressions: we test that lengths up to
(and including) 4096 bytes are allowed but longer expressions are rejected.
We also add TODOs for additional documented limits that should be tested
in the future.
Currently, this test passes on DynamoDB but xfails on Alternator because
Alternator does *not* enforce any limits on the expression length. I don't
think this is a real problem, and we may consider keeping it this way,
but we should at least be aware that this difference exists and an
xfailing test will remind us.
Signed-off-by: Nadav Har'El <nyh@scylladb.com>
Message-Id: <20210810081948.2012120-2-nyh@scylladb.com>
DynamoDB limits attribute names in items to lengths of up 65535 bytes,
but in some cases (such as key attributes) the limit is lower - 255.
This patch adds tests for many of these cases.
All the new tests pass on DynamoDB, but some still xfail on Alternator
because Alternator is too lenient - sometimes allowing longer attribute
names than DynamoDB allows. While this may sound great, it also has
downsides: The oversized attribute names perform badly, and as they
grow, Alternator's internal limits will be reached as well, and result
in an unsightly "internal server error" being reported instead of the
expected user-friendly error.
Refs #9169.
Signed-off-by: Nadav Har'El <nyh@scylladb.com>
Message-Id: <20210810081948.2012120-1-nyh@scylladb.com>
