Couple of days ago I came across a website that offered (R)DBMS as a service. I did not find it useful at that moment. Now I might have changed my mind and I just can't find that website anywhere in the browser history.
I recall that it only required an email address to send you the db/account info to. And there was the line "yes, that's it/all" or something like that.
Anyone knows that website?
P.S.: I'm sorry, I know this is not what people typically ask at SO, but I think other developers might know more likely than anyone else.
Are you thinking of Amazon RDS?
Could it be CloudBoost.io? You can even check this directory out, as ErikE suggested. :
Was it FathomDB, perhaps?
Perhaps the Database as a Service Product Directory could be helpful to you.
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I am looking for guidance in "downgrading" an RDS instance. Currently, the DB engine is the Standard Edition and my client wants to instead use the Web Edition. I understand how to upgrade between major and minor versions, but I'm having a hard time finding anything specific about downgrading and I'm looking to see if anyone has any suggestions / tips. My client originally wanted the endpoint to remain the same as well, which I told them was incredibly unlikely, but if I'm wrong please let me know!
Also if I missed that this is a duplicate question, please point me in the correct direction. I've been searching a while and maybe I just missed something.
Thanks!
I don't believe you can actually downgrade as such I'm afraid. You can certainly move 'up' editions of SQL via db snapshot and restore, but going in the other direction isn't possible in that way.
If you need to go from Standard to Web, you'll have to go down the 'native' SQL backup and restore route, but I don't know how practical that is for your scenario (how many dbs you need to move etc - it could all be scripted though).
Backing up the existing DBs in your RDS Standard instance and then restoring them to a new RDS Web instance should work. As it would be a new instance it would also be a new endpoint.
We would like to have some recommendation for creating restful web services. We went through many article and answers. Most of the answers are specific to a framework. Can someone please point us to comparison article which helps me to understand different frameworks?
Please explain how to handle login and use web services.
There really isn't a good way to answer this other than it depends. If your talking open source, the standard for a long time was Linux, Apache and MySQL for database (and PHP a.k.a. LAMP) , but some folks prefer PostGres, or a No SQL solution like Mongo DB or Couch DB.
Given that, you need to decide if you want to build on top of a framework(s), and choose a language direction. If you want Java, Spring and Hibernate have pretty good support, and are fairly mature.
Most shops have a set of developers with certain skills that you can leverage, and typically, that's how the decision is made. You don't want to do something completely new and have to retrain everyone.
Without knowing what your goal is, or anything about your situation, it's going to be tough to suggest a reasonable path forward. Sometimes you need to look at how your going to host your site, and find vendors that support your stack. A little research will help you figure out where you need to go.
Sometimes its worth abandoning the open source path, and go with something like IIS and ASP .NET.
Is anyone aware of an Amazon API that allows you to purchase items programmatically?
I looked at tons of their web services (Product Advertising, MWS, etc.), and none of them seemed to do this.
I found this thread that seemed to suggest there was no solution, but there was no definitive answer: https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=45127
Just to be clear, I want to make a purchase with MY payment details, not on behalf of any user. I figured if ANYONE supported this, it would be Amazon. But I realize there may be business (security?) reasons not to support this as well...
http://www.zinc.io/ shows that it is, in fact, possible to do this.
I've read around the net that you could do this by sending crafted _GET responses, although I, myself, am currently trying to figure out which ones to send.
UPDATE 2019/12/10 Even though my answer was accepted as the best answer it's outdated. Please see this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/17180929/799155
It's not possible – I guess for a bunch of security reasons. Read through the thread you posted in your question ;)
Lorraine#AWS, Aug 13, 2010 2:02 PM
Amazon does not offer APIs to place a customer order. Neither a
Corporate Account or the Associate Program will allow you to build the
type of solution you are describing.
Lorraine#AWS, May 13, 2011 4:17 PM
Amazon still does not offer this service, to the best of my knowledge,
and this isn't something I would ever expect to see included in the
Fulfillment Web Service which is specific to the FBA program.
My friend asked me if it is possible to build a web site like Microsoft shared point for his planning startup company. He want to share doc with his employees. I think the reason he asked is Microsoft is too expensive. I have no idea right now for this. Anybody knows anything about this? thanks,
EDIT:
Because docs shared are sensitive (contains SSN and other sensitive data), security should be good enough.
If he just wants to share file he could try Box.net or dropbox. Box.net also have simple workflows with tasks.
I use Google Docs quite often and it is very useful. You can also setup a wiki and attach docs as needed.
Microsoft SharePoint Foundation is free and comes with a host of features.
Tell your friend to sign up for Microsoft BizSpark. This is a free program from Microsoft specifically for startups and will give them access to a whole suite of software for free for 3 years (with a $100 charge at the end). This includes SharePoint.
I would recommend a combination of Google Sites and Google Docs. It's free, it's easy, and it eliminates the need to maintain the hardware and other infrastructure associated with a site, much less something as heavy-weight as Sharepoint.
I'm working with Amazon's Product Advertising API and need some help on a few issues. The questions I have posted on SO and Amazon developer forums have gone unanswered. Where can I find help?
Looks like your best bet is going to be to pay amazon for support: http://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
My guess is that there aren't many people using that API hence the problem getting regular programmers to help you. This is evidenced by a notice on the main AWS page (https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/advertising/api/detail/main.html) about a number of discontinued API operations and responses due to low usage.
"low usage" in this scenario is usually marketing speak meaning "no one except that one guy in Minnesota".