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Kate Gawron
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Kate Gawron

Kate Gawron is a full-time senior database consultant and part-time future racing driver. She was a competitor in Formula Woman, and she aspires to become a professional Gran Turismo (GT) racing driver. Away from the racetrack, Kate has worked with Oracle databases for 18 years and AWS for five years. She holds four AWS certifications, including the AWS Certified Database – Specialty certification as well as two professional Oracle qualifications. Kate currently works as a senior database architect, where she works with customers to migrate and refactor their databases to work optimally within the AWS cloud.
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Accessing a Timestream database

Timestream can be queried using three different methods, as follows:

  • AWS console—Timestream has a built-in graphical query tool.
  • AWS CLI—You can use the AWS CLI to run both write and read queries from your local computer.
  • AWS API/software development kit (SDK)—You can download a Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver and make calls to Timestream using a variety of coding languages such as Java, .NET, and Python.

Timestream supports queries written in SQL, allowing you to run SELECT and INSERT statements combined with WHERE clauses to filter. You cannot run a DELETE statement from Timestream, nor run an UPDATE statement against an existing entry, as this will break the time pattern. You can also run a scheduled query. Given the time-sensitive nature of Timestream use cases, it's common to create daily or weekly reports showing trends, patterns, and exceptions. Scheduled queries are used to create views...

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Kate Gawron

Kate Gawron is a full-time senior database consultant and part-time future racing driver. She was a competitor in Formula Woman, and she aspires to become a professional Gran Turismo (GT) racing driver. Away from the racetrack, Kate has worked with Oracle databases for 18 years and AWS for five years. She holds four AWS certifications, including the AWS Certified Database – Specialty certification as well as two professional Oracle qualifications. Kate currently works as a senior database architect, where she works with customers to migrate and refactor their databases to work optimally within the AWS cloud.
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