monkeyhelper-right_aws 1.10.0

data/lib/sdb/right_sdb_interface.rb

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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2008 RightScale Inc
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+# a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+# the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+# NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+# LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+# OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+# WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+#
+
+require "right_aws"
+
+module RightAws
+
+  class SdbInterface < RightAwsBase
+    
+    include RightAwsBaseInterface
+
+    DEFAULT_HOST      = 'sdb.amazonaws.com'
+    DEFAULT_PORT      = 443
+    DEFAULT_PROTOCOL  = 'https'
+    API_VERSION       = '2007-11-07'
+    DEFAULT_NIL_REPRESENTATION = 'nil'
+
+    @@bench = AwsBenchmarkingBlock.new
+    def self.bench_xml; @@bench.xml;     end
+    def self.bench_sdb; @@bench.service; end
+
+    attr_reader :last_query_expression
+
+    # Creates new RightSdb instance.
+    #
+    # Params:
+    #    { :server       => 'sdb.amazonaws.com'  # Amazon service host: 'sdb.amazonaws.com'(default)
+    #      :port         => 443                  # Amazon service port: 80 or 443(default)
+    #      :protocol     => 'https'              # Amazon service protocol: 'http' or 'https'(default)
+    #      :signature_version => '0'             # The signature version : '0' or '1'(default)
+    #      :multi_thread => true|false           # Multi-threaded (connection per each thread): true or false(default)
+    #      :logger       => Logger Object        # Logger instance: logs to STDOUT if omitted 
+    #      :nil_representation => 'mynil'}       # interpret Ruby nil as this string value; i.e. use this string in SDB to represent Ruby nils (default is the string 'nil')
+    #      
+    # Example:
+    # 
+    #  sdb = RightAws::SdbInterface.new('1E3GDYEOGFJPIT7XXXXXX','hgTHt68JY07JKUY08ftHYtERkjgtfERn57XXXXXX', {:multi_thread => true, :logger => Logger.new('/tmp/x.log')}) #=> #<RightSdb:0xa6b8c27c>
+    #  
+    # see: http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonSimpleDB/2007-11-07/DeveloperGuide/
+    #
+    def initialize(aws_access_key_id=nil, aws_secret_access_key=nil, params={})
+      @nil_rep = params[:nil_representation] ? params[:nil_representation] : DEFAULT_NIL_REPRESENTATION
+      params.delete(:nil_representation)
+      init({ :name             => 'SDB', 
+             :default_host     => ENV['SDB_URL'] ? URI.parse(ENV['SDB_URL']).host   : DEFAULT_HOST, 
+             :default_port     => ENV['SDB_URL'] ? URI.parse(ENV['SDB_URL']).port   : DEFAULT_PORT, 
+             :default_protocol => ENV['SDB_URL'] ? URI.parse(ENV['SDB_URL']).scheme : DEFAULT_PROTOCOL }, 
+           aws_access_key_id     || ENV['AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'], 
+           aws_secret_access_key || ENV['AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'], 
+           params)
+    end
+    
+    #-----------------------------------------------------------------
+    #      Requests
+    #-----------------------------------------------------------------
+    def generate_request(action, params={}) #:nodoc:
+      # remove empty params from request
+      params.delete_if {|key,value| value.nil? }
+      #params_string  = params.to_a.collect{|key,val| key + "=#{CGI::escape(val.to_s)}" }.join("&")
+      # prepare service data
+      service = '/'
+      service_hash = {"Action"         => action,
+                      "AWSAccessKeyId" => @aws_access_key_id,
+                      "Version"        => API_VERSION }
+      service_hash.update(params)
+      service_params = signed_service_params(@aws_secret_access_key, service_hash, :get, @params[:server], service)
+      #
+      # use POST method if the length of the query string is too large
+      # see http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonSimpleDB/2007-11-07/DeveloperGuide/MakingRESTRequests.html
+      if service_params.size > 2000
+        if signature_version == '2'
+          # resign the request because HTTP verb is included into signature
+          service_params = signed_service_params(@aws_secret_access_key, service_hash, :post, @params[:server], service)
+        end
+        request      = Net::HTTP::Post.new(service)
+        request.body = service_params
+        request['Content-Type'] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
+      else
+        request = Net::HTTP::Get.new("#{service}?#{service_params}")
+      end
+      # prepare output hash
+      { :request  => request, 
+        :server   => @params[:server],
+        :port     => @params[:port],
+        :protocol => @params[:protocol] }
+    end
+
+    # Sends request to Amazon and parses the response
+    # Raises AwsError if any banana happened
+    def request_info(request, parser)  #:nodoc:
+      thread = @params[:multi_thread] ? Thread.current : Thread.main
+      thread[:sdb_connection] ||= Rightscale::HttpConnection.new(:exception => AwsError, :logger => @logger)
+      request_info_impl(thread[:sdb_connection], @@bench, request, parser)
+    end
+
+    # Prepare attributes for putting.
+    # (used by put_attributes)
+    def pack_attributes(attributes, replace = false) #:nodoc:
+      result = {}
+      if attributes
+        idx = 0
+        skip_values = attributes.is_a?(Array)
+        attributes.each do |attribute, values|
+          # set replacement attribute
+          result["Attribute.#{idx}.Replace"] = 'true' if replace
+          # pack Name/Value
+          unless values.nil?
+            Array(values).each do |value|
+              result["Attribute.#{idx}.Name"]  = attribute
+              result["Attribute.#{idx}.Value"] = ruby_to_sdb(value) unless skip_values
+              idx += 1
+            end
+          else
+            result["Attribute.#{idx}.Name"] = attribute
+            result["Attribute.#{idx}.Value"] = ruby_to_sdb(nil) unless skip_values
+            idx += 1
+          end
+        end
+      end
+      result
+    end
+    
+    # Use this helper to manually escape the fields in the query expressions. 
+    # To escape the single quotes and backslashes and to wrap the string into the single quotes.
+    # 
+    # see: http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonSimpleDB/2007-11-07/DeveloperGuide/SDB_API.html
+    #
+    def escape(value)
+      %Q{'#{value.to_s.gsub(/(['\\])/){ "\\#{$1}" }}'} if value
+    end
+    
+    # Convert a Ruby language value to a SDB value by replacing Ruby nil with the user's chosen string representation of nil.
+    # Non-nil values are unaffected by this filter.
+    #def ruby_to_sdb(value)
+    #  value.nil? ? @nil_rep : value
+    #end
+    # http://code.google.com/p/ruby-aws/issues/detail?id=1#c0
+    def ruby_to_sdb(value)
+      value.nil? ? @nil_rep : value.is_a?(String) ? 
+      RightAws::AwsUtils.URLencode(value) : value
+    end
+    
+    # Convert a SDB value to a Ruby language value by replacing the user's chosen string representation of nil with Ruby nil.
+    # Values are unaffected by this filter unless they match the nil representation exactly.
+    def sdb_to_ruby(value)
+      value.eql?(@nil_rep) ? nil : value
+    end
+
+    # Convert select and query_with_attributes responses to a Ruby language values by replacing the user's chosen string representation of nil with Ruby nil.
+    # (This method affects on a passed response value)
+    def select_response_to_ruby(response) #:nodoc:
+      response[:items].each_with_index do |item, idx|
+        item.each do |key, attributes|
+          attributes.each do |name, values|
+            values.collect! { |value| sdb_to_ruby(value) }
+          end
+        end
+      end
+      response
+    end
+
+    # Create query expression from an array.
+    # (similar to ActiveRecord::Base#find using :conditions => ['query', param1, .., paramN])
+    #
+    def query_expression_from_array(params) #:nodoc:
+      return '' if params.blank?
+      query = params.shift.to_s
+      query.gsub(/(\\)?(\?)/) do
+        if $1 # if escaped '\?' is found - replace it by '?' without backslash
+          "?"
+        else  # well, if no backslash precedes '?' then replace it by next param from the list
+          escape(params.shift)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def query_expression_from_hash(hash)
+      return '' if hash.blank?
+      expression = []
+      hash.each do |key, value|
+        expression << "#{key}=#{escape(value)}"
+      end
+      expression.join(' AND ')
+    end
+
+    # Retrieve a list of SDB domains from Amazon.
+    # 
+    # Returns a hash:
+    #   { :domains     => [domain1, ..., domainN],
+    #     :next_token => string || nil,
+    #     :box_usage   => string,
+    #     :request_id  => string }
+    #     
+    # Example:
+    # 
+    #  sdb = RightAws::SdbInterface.new
+    #  sdb.list_domains  #=> { :box_usage  => "0.0000071759",
+    #                          :request_id => "976709f9-0111-2345-92cb-9ce90acd0982",
+    #                          :domains    => ["toys", "dolls"]}
+    # 
+    # If a block is given, this method yields to it.  If the block returns true, list_domains will continue looping the request.  If the block returns false,
+    # list_domains will end.
+    # 
+    #   sdb.list_domains(10) do |result|   # list by 10 domains per iteration
+    #     puts result.inspect
+    #     true
+    #   end
+    #
+    # see: http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonSimpleDB/2007-11-07/DeveloperGuide/SDB_API_ListDomains.html
+    #
+    def list_domains(max_number_of_domains = nil, next_token = nil )
+      request_params = { 'MaxNumberOfDomains' => max_number_of_domains,
+                         'NextToken'          => next_token }
+      link   = generate_request("ListDomains", request_params)
+      result = request_info(link, QSdbListDomainParser.new)
+      # return result if no block given
+      return result unless block_given?
+      # loop if block if given
+      begin
+        # the block must return true if it wanna continue 
+        break unless yield(result) && result[:next_token]
+        # make new request
+        request_params['NextToken'] = result[:next_token]
+        link   = generate_request("ListDomains", request_params)
+        result = request_info(link, QSdbListDomainParser.new)
+      end while true
+    rescue Exception
+      on_exception
+    end
+    
+    # Create new SDB domain at Amazon.
+    # 
+    # Returns a hash: { :box_usage, :request_id } on success or an exception on error.
+    # (Amazon raises no errors if the domain already exists).
+    # 
+    # Example:
+    # 
+    #  sdb = RightAws::SdbInterface.new
+    #  sdb.create_domain('toys') # => { :box_usage  => "0.0000071759",
+    #                                   :request_id => "976709f9-0111-2345-92cb-9ce90acd0982" }
+    #
+    # see: http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonSimpleDB/2007-11-07/DeveloperGuide/SDB_API_CreateDomain.html
+    def create_domain(domain_name)
+      link = generate_request("CreateDomain",
+                              'DomainName' => domain_name)
+      request_info(link, QSdbSimpleParser.new)
+    rescue Exception
+      on_exception
+    end
+
+    # Delete SDB domain at Amazon.
+    # 
+    # Returns a hash: { :box_usage, :request_id } on success or an exception on error.
+    # (Amazon raises no errors if the domain does not exist).
+    # 
+    # Example:
+    # 
+    #  sdb = RightAws::SdbInterface.new
+    #  sdb.delete_domain('toys') # => { :box_usage  => "0.0000071759",
+    #                                   :request_id => "976709f9-0111-2345-92cb-9ce90acd0982" }
+    #
+    # see: http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonSimpleDB/2007-11-07/DeveloperGuide/SDB_API_DeleteDomain.html
+    #
+    def delete_domain(domain_name)
+      link = generate_request("DeleteDomain",
+                              'DomainName' => domain_name)
+      request_info(link, QSdbSimpleParser.new)
+    rescue Exception
+      on_exception
+    end
+    
+    # Add/Replace item attributes.
+    # 
+    # Params:
+    #  domain_name = DomainName
+    #  item_name   = ItemName
+    #  attributes  = {
+    #    'nameA' => [valueA1,..., valueAN],
+    #    ...
+    #    'nameZ' => [valueZ1,..., valueZN]
+    #  }
+    #  replace = :replace | any other value to skip replacement
+    #  
+    # Returns a hash: { :box_usage, :request_id } on success or an exception on error. 
+    # (Amazon raises no errors if the attribute was not overridden, as when the :replace param is unset).
+    # 
+    # Example:
+    # 
+    #  sdb = RightAws::SdbInterface.new
+    #  sdb.create_domain 'family'
+    #  
+    #  attributes = {}
+    #  # create attributes for Jon and Silvia
+    #  attributes['Jon']    = %w{ car beer }
+    #  attributes['Silvia'] = %w{ beetle rolling_pin kids } 
+    #  sdb.put_attributes 'family', 'toys', attributes   #=> ok
+    #  # now: Jon=>[car, beer], Silvia=>[beetle, rolling_pin, kids]
+    #  
+    #  # add attributes to Jon
+    #  attributes.delete('Silvia')
+    #  attributes['Jon'] = %w{ girls pub }
+    #  sdb.put_attributes 'family', 'toys', attributes   #=> ok
+    #  # now: Jon=>[car, beer, girls, pub], Silvia=>[beetle, rolling_pin, kids]
+    #  
+    #  # replace attributes for Jon and add to a cat (the cat had no attributes before)
+    #  attributes['Jon'] = %w{ vacuum_cleaner hammer spade }
+    #  attributes['cat'] = %w{ mouse clew Jons_socks }
+    #  sdb.put_attributes 'family', 'toys', attributes, :replace #=> ok
+    #  # now: Jon=>[vacuum_cleaner, hammer, spade], Silvia=>[beetle, rolling_pin, kids], cat=>[mouse, clew, Jons_socks]
+    #
+    # see: http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonSimpleDB/2007-11-07/DeveloperGuide/SDB_API_PutAttributes.html
+    #
+    def put_attributes(domain_name, item_name, attributes, replace = false)
+      params = { 'DomainName' => domain_name,
+                 'ItemName'   => item_name }.merge(pack_attributes(attributes, replace))
+      link = generate_request("PutAttributes", params)
+      request_info( link, QSdbSimpleParser.new )
+    rescue Exception
+      on_exception
+    end
+    
+    # Retrieve SDB item's attribute(s).
+    # 
+    # Returns a hash:
+    #  { :box_usage  => string,
+    #    :request_id => string,
+    #    :attributes => { 'nameA' => [valueA1,..., valueAN],
+    #                     ... ,
+    #                     'nameZ' => [valueZ1,..., valueZN] } }
+    # 
+    # Example:
+    #  # request all attributes
+    #  sdb.get_attributes('family', 'toys') # => { :attributes => {"cat"    => ["clew", "Jons_socks", "mouse"] },
+    #                                                              "Silvia" => ["beetle", "rolling_pin", "kids"],
+    #                                                              "Jon"    => ["vacuum_cleaner", "hammer", "spade"]},
+    #                                              :box_usage  => "0.0000093222",
+    #                                              :request_id => "81273d21-000-1111-b3f9-512d91d29ac8" }
+    #  
+    #  # request cat's attributes only
+    #  sdb.get_attributes('family', 'toys', 'cat') # => { :attributes => {"cat" => ["clew", "Jons_socks", "mouse"] },
+    #                                                     :box_usage  => "0.0000093222",
+    #                                                     :request_id => "81273d21-001-1111-b3f9-512d91d29ac8" }
+    #
+    # see: http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonSimpleDB/2007-11-07/DeveloperGuide/SDB_API_GetAttributes.html
+    #
+    def get_attributes(domain_name, item_name, attribute_name=nil)
+      link = generate_request("GetAttributes", 'DomainName'    => domain_name,
+                                               'ItemName'      => item_name,
+                                               'AttributeName' => attribute_name )
+      res = request_info(link, QSdbGetAttributesParser.new)
+      res[:attributes].each_value do |values|
+        values.collect! { |e| sdb_to_ruby(e) }
+      end
+      res
+    rescue Exception
+      on_exception
+    end
+
+    # Delete value, attribute or item.
+    #
+    # Example:
+    #  # delete 'vodka' and 'girls' from 'Jon' and 'mice' from 'cat'.
+    #  sdb.delete_attributes 'family', 'toys', { 'Jon' => ['vodka', 'girls'], 'cat' => ['mice'] }
+    #
+    #  # delete the all the values from attributes (i.e. delete the attributes)
+    #  sdb.delete_attributes 'family', 'toys', { 'Jon' => [], 'cat' => [] }
+    #  # or 
+    #  sdb.delete_attributes 'family', 'toys', [ 'Jon', 'cat' ]
+    #
+    #  # delete all the attributes from item 'toys' (i.e. delete the item)
+    #  sdb.delete_attributes 'family', 'toys'
+    #  
+    # see http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonSimpleDB/2007-11-07/DeveloperGuide/SDB_API_DeleteAttributes.html 
+    #
+    def delete_attributes(domain_name, item_name, attributes = nil)
+      params = { 'DomainName' => domain_name,
+                 'ItemName'   => item_name }.merge(pack_attributes(attributes))
+      link = generate_request("DeleteAttributes", params)
+      request_info( link, QSdbSimpleParser.new )
+    rescue Exception
+      on_exception
+    end
+    
+    
+    # QUERY:
+ 
+    # Perform a query on SDB.
+    # 
+    # Returns a hash:
+    #   { :box_usage  => string,
+    #     :request_id => string,
+    #     :next_token => string,
+    #     :items      => [ItemName1,..., ItemNameN] }
+    #     
+    # Example:
+    # 
+    #   query = "['cat' = 'clew']"
+    #   sdb.query('family', query)     #=> hash of data
+    #   sdb.query('family', query, 10) #=> hash of data with max of 10 items
+    # 
+    # If a block is given, query will iteratively yield results to it as long as the block continues to return true.
+    # 
+    #   # List 10 items per iteration. Don't 
+    #   # forget to escape single quotes and backslashes and wrap all the items in single quotes.
+    #   query = "['cat'='clew'] union ['dog'='Jon\\'s boot']"
+    #   sdb.query('family', query, 10) do |result|
+    #     puts result.inspect
+    #     true
+    #   end
+    #  
+    #   # Same query using automatic escaping...to use the auto escape, pass the query and its params as an array:
+    #   query = [ "['cat'=?] union ['dog'=?]", "clew", "Jon's boot" ]
+    #   sdb.query('family', query)
+    #
+    #   query = [ "['cat'=?] union ['dog'=?] sort 'cat' desc", "clew", "Jon's boot" ]
+    #   sdb.query('family', query)
+    #
+    # see: http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonSimpleDB/2007-11-07/DeveloperGuide/SDB_API_Query.html
+    #      http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonSimpleDB/2007-11-07/DeveloperGuide/index.html?SortingData.html
+    #
+    def query(domain_name, query_expression = nil, max_number_of_items = nil, next_token = nil)
+      query_expression = query_expression_from_array(query_expression) if query_expression.is_a?(Array)
+      @last_query_expression = query_expression
+      #
+      request_params = { 'DomainName'       => domain_name,
+                         'QueryExpression'  => query_expression,
+                         'MaxNumberOfItems' => max_number_of_items,
+                         'NextToken'        => next_token }
+      link   = generate_request("Query", request_params)
+      result = request_info( link, QSdbQueryParser.new )
+      # return result if no block given
+      return result unless block_given?
+      # loop if block if given
+      begin
+        # the block must return true if it wanna continue 
+        break unless yield(result) && result[:next_token]
+        # make new request
+        request_params['NextToken'] = result[:next_token]
+        link   = generate_request("Query", request_params)
+        result = request_info( link, QSdbQueryParser.new )
+      end while true
+    rescue Exception
+      on_exception
+    end
+    
+    # Perform a query and fetch specified attributes.
+    # If attributes are not specified then fetches the whole list of attributes.
+    #
+    #
+    # Returns a hash:
+    #   { :box_usage  => string,
+    #     :request_id => string,
+    #     :next_token => string,
+    #     :items      => [ { ItemName1 => { attribute1 => value1, ...  attributeM => valueM } },
+    #                      { ItemName2 => {...}}, ... ]
+    #
+    # Example:
+    #
+    #   sdb.query_with_attributes(domain, ['hobby', 'country'], "['gender'='female'] intersection ['name' starts-with ''] sort 'name'") #=>
+    #     { :request_id => "06057228-70d0-4487-89fb-fd9c028580d3",
+    #       :items =>
+    #         [ { "035f1ba8-dbd8-11dd-80bd-001bfc466dd7"=>
+    #             { "hobby"   => ["cooking", "flowers", "cats"],
+    #               "country" => ["Russia"]}},
+    #           { "0327614a-dbd8-11dd-80bd-001bfc466dd7"=>
+    #             { "hobby"   => ["patchwork", "bundle jumping"],
+    #               "country" => ["USA"]}}, ... ],
+    #        :box_usage=>"0.0000504786"}
+    #
+    #   sdb.query_with_attributes(domain, [], "['gender'='female'] intersection ['name' starts-with ''] sort 'name'") #=>
+    #     { :request_id => "75bb19db-a529-4f69-b86f-5e3800f79a45",
+    #       :items =>
+    #       [ { "035f1ba8-dbd8-11dd-80bd-001bfc466dd7"=>
+    #           { "hobby"   => ["cooking", "flowers", "cats"],
+    #             "name"    => ["Mary"],
+    #             "country" => ["Russia"],
+    #             "gender"  => ["female"],
+    #             "id"      => ["035f1ba8-dbd8-11dd-80bd-001bfc466dd7"]}},
+    #         { "0327614a-dbd8-11dd-80bd-001bfc466dd7"=>
+    #           { "hobby"   => ["patchwork", "bundle jumping"],
+    #             "name"    => ["Mary"],
+    #             "country" => ["USA"],
+    #             "gender"  => ["female"],
+    #             "id"      => ["0327614a-dbd8-11dd-80bd-001bfc466dd7"]}}, ... ],
+    #      :box_usage=>"0.0000506668"}
+    #
+    # see: http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonSimpleDB/2007-11-07/DeveloperGuide/index.html?SDB_API_QueryWithAttributes.html
+    #
+    def query_with_attributes(domain_name, attributes=[], query_expression = nil, max_number_of_items = nil, next_token = nil)
+      attributes = attributes.to_a
+      query_expression = query_expression_from_array(query_expression) if query_expression.is_a?(Array)
+      @last_query_expression = query_expression
+      #
+      request_params = { 'DomainName'       => domain_name,
+                         'QueryExpression'  => query_expression,
+                         'MaxNumberOfItems' => max_number_of_items,
+                         'NextToken'        => next_token }
+      attributes.each_with_index do |attribute, idx|
+        request_params["AttributeName.#{idx+1}"] = attribute
+      end
+      link   = generate_request("QueryWithAttributes", request_params)
+      result = select_response_to_ruby(request_info( link, QSdbQueryWithAttributesParser.new ))
+      # return result if no block given
+      return result unless block_given?
+      # loop if block if given
+      begin
+        # the block must return true if it wanna continue
+        break unless yield(result) && result[:next_token]
+        # make new request
+        request_params['NextToken'] = result[:next_token]
+        link   = generate_request("QueryWithAttributes", request_params)
+        result = select_response_to_ruby(request_info( link, QSdbQueryWithAttributesParser.new ))
+      end while true
+    rescue Exception
+      on_exception
+    end
+
+    # Perform SQL-like select and fetch attributes.
+    # Attribute values must be quoted with a single or double quote. If a quote appears within the attribute value, it must be escaped with the same quote symbol as shown in the following example.
+    # (Use array to pass select_expression params to avoid manual escaping).
+    #
+    #  sdb.select(["select * from my_domain where gender=?", 'female']) #=>
+    #    {:request_id =>"8241b843-0fb9-4d66-9100-effae12249ec",
+    #     :items =>
+    #      [ { "035f1ba8-dbd8-11dd-80bd-001bfc466dd7"=>
+    #          {"hobby"   => ["cooking", "flowers", "cats"],
+    #           "name"    => ["Mary"],
+    #           "country" => ["Russia"],
+    #           "gender"  => ["female"],
+    #           "id"      => ["035f1ba8-dbd8-11dd-80bd-001bfc466dd7"]}},
+    #        { "0327614a-dbd8-11dd-80bd-001bfc466dd7"=>
+    #          {"hobby"   => ["patchwork", "bundle jumping"],
+    #           "name"    => ["Mary"],
+    #           "country" => ["USA"],
+    #           "gender"  => ["female"],
+    #           "id"      => ["0327614a-dbd8-11dd-80bd-001bfc466dd7"]}}, ... ]
+    #     :box_usage =>"0.0000506197"}
+    #
+    #   sdb.select('select country, name from my_domain') #=>
+    #    {:request_id=>"b1600198-c317-413f-a8dc-4e7f864a940a",
+    #     :items=>
+    #      [ { "035f1ba8-dbd8-11dd-80bd-001bfc466dd7"=> {"name"=>["Mary"],     "country"=>["Russia"]} },
+    #        { "376d2e00-75b0-11dd-9557-001bfc466dd7"=> {"name"=>["Putin"],    "country"=>["Russia"]} },
+    #        { "0327614a-dbd8-11dd-80bd-001bfc466dd7"=> {"name"=>["Mary"],     "country"=>["USA"]}    },
+    #        { "372ebbd4-75b0-11dd-9557-001bfc466dd7"=> {"name"=>["Bush"],     "country"=>["USA"]}    },
+    #        { "37a4e552-75b0-11dd-9557-001bfc466dd7"=> {"name"=>["Medvedev"], "country"=>["Russia"]} },
+    #        { "38278dfe-75b0-11dd-9557-001bfc466dd7"=> {"name"=>["Mary"],     "country"=>["Russia"]} },
+    #        { "37df6c36-75b0-11dd-9557-001bfc466dd7"=> {"name"=>["Mary"],     "country"=>["USA"]}    } ],
+    #     :box_usage=>"0.0000777663"}
+    #
+    # see: http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonSimpleDB/2007-11-07/DeveloperGuide/index.html?SDB_API_Select.html
+    #      http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonSimpleDB/2007-11-07/DeveloperGuide/index.html?UsingSelect.html
+    #      http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonSimpleDB/2007-11-07/DeveloperGuide/index.html?SDBLimits.html
+    #
+    def select(select_expression, next_token = nil)
+      select_expression      = query_expression_from_array(select_expression) if select_expression.is_a?(Array)
+      @last_query_expression = select_expression
+      #
+      request_params = { 'SelectExpression' => select_expression,
+                         'NextToken'        => next_token }
+      link   = generate_request("Select", request_params)
+      result = select_response_to_ruby(request_info( link, QSdbSelectParser.new ))
+      return result unless block_given?
+      # loop if block if given
+      begin
+        # the block must return true if it wanna continue
+        break unless yield(result) && result[:next_token]
+        # make new request
+        request_params['NextToken'] = result[:next_token]
+        link   = generate_request("Select", request_params)
+        result = select_response_to_ruby(request_info( link, QSdbSelectParser.new ))
+      end while true
+    rescue Exception
+      on_exception
+    end
+
+    #-----------------------------------------------------------------
+    #      PARSERS:
+    #-----------------------------------------------------------------
+    class QSdbListDomainParser < RightAWSParser #:nodoc:
+      def reset
+        @result = { :domains => [] }
+      end
+      def tagend(name)
+        case name
+        when 'NextToken'  then @result[:next_token] =  @text
+        when 'DomainName' then @result[:domains]    << @text
+        when 'BoxUsage'   then @result[:box_usage]  =  @text
+        when 'RequestId'  then @result[:request_id] =  @text
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    class QSdbSimpleParser < RightAWSParser #:nodoc:
+      def reset
+        @result = {}
+      end
+      def tagend(name)
+        case name
+        when 'BoxUsage'  then @result[:box_usage]  =  @text
+        when 'RequestId' then @result[:request_id] =  @text
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    class QSdbGetAttributesParser < RightAWSParser #:nodoc:
+      def reset
+        @last_attribute_name = nil
+        @result = { :attributes => {} }
+      end
+      def tagend(name)
+        case name
+        when 'Name'      then @last_attribute_name = @text
+        when 'Value'     then (@result[:attributes][@last_attribute_name] ||= []) << @text
+        when 'BoxUsage'  then @result[:box_usage]  =  @text
+        when 'RequestId' then @result[:request_id] =  @text
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    class QSdbQueryParser < RightAWSParser #:nodoc:
+      def reset
+        @result = { :items => [] }
+      end
+      def tagend(name)
+        case name
+        when 'ItemName'  then @result[:items]      << @text
+        when 'BoxUsage'  then @result[:box_usage]  =  @text
+        when 'RequestId' then @result[:request_id] =  @text
+        when 'NextToken' then @result[:next_token] =  @text
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    class QSdbQueryWithAttributesParser < RightAWSParser #:nodoc:
+      def reset
+        @result = { :items => [] }
+      end
+      def tagend(name)
+        case name
+        when 'Name'
+          case @xmlpath
+          when 'QueryWithAttributesResponse/QueryWithAttributesResult/Item'
+            @item = @text
+            @result[:items] << { @item => {} }
+          when 'QueryWithAttributesResponse/QueryWithAttributesResult/Item/Attribute'
+            @attribute = @text
+            @result[:items].last[@item][@attribute] ||= []
+          end
+        when 'RequestId' then @result[:request_id] = @text
+        when 'BoxUsage'  then @result[:box_usage]  = @text
+        when 'NextToken' then @result[:next_token] = @text
+        when 'Value'     then @result[:items].last[@item][@attribute] << @text
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    class QSdbSelectParser < RightAWSParser #:nodoc:
+      def reset
+        @result = { :items => [] }
+      end
+      def tagend(name)
+        case name
+        when 'Name'
+          case @xmlpath
+          when 'SelectResponse/SelectResult/Item'
+            @item = @text
+            @result[:items] << { @item => {} }
+          when 'SelectResponse/SelectResult/Item/Attribute'
+            @attribute = @text
+            @result[:items].last[@item][@attribute] ||= []
+          end
+        when 'RequestId' then @result[:request_id] = @text
+        when 'BoxUsage'  then @result[:box_usage]  = @text
+        when 'NextToken' then @result[:next_token] = @text
+        when 'Value'     then @result[:items].last[@item][@attribute] << @text
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+  end
+  
+end