Reputation: 71

redis key-value what the limitation of key?

set "as";b 1 is error 
key:  "as";b
value:   1

what is the naming rule of key?

Redis uses SDS to implement string. Book says SDS can contain any construction of string

Upvotes: 7

Answers (2)

Reputation: 1918

Anything goes... up to 512MB

other discussion on Redis key naming conventions

Upvotes: 7

Reputation: 49962

A Redis key name can be any string as long as it is under 512MB. Other than that, there are no rules.

Upvotes: 21