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joshhart
on Oct 28, 2009
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SimpleDB gotcha: they can delete your data
Why not just write a cron job to insert a row every now and then eh?
MicahWedemeyer
on Oct 28, 2009
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Because that's a pretty messy solution to what should be a non-problem. You shouldn't have to "refresh" the data in your database every now and then, just like you don't need to buy a new key for your car every couple weeks.
shpxnvz
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The wording of the policy indicates that they can selectively delete just the data which has not changed.
btilly
on Oct 29, 2009
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The policy says accessed, not modified.
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