AlternateKey
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Defines an alternate key. This value is optional. A legacy data set might not have any alternate key defined but if those alternate keys definitions exist, provide them, as some applications will make use of them.
Contents
- length
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A strictly positive integer value representing the length of the alternate key.
Type: Integer
Required: Yes
- offset
-
A positive integer value representing the offset to mark the start of the alternate key part in the record byte array.
Type: Integer
Required: Yes
- allowDuplicates
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Indicates whether the alternate key values are supposed to be unique for the given data set.
Type: Boolean
Required: No
- name
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The name of the alternate key.
Type: String
Required: No
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
