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Learning Neo4j 3.x - Second Edition

By : Jerome Baton
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Learning Neo4j 3.x - Second Edition

By: Jerome Baton

Overview of this book

Neo4j is a graph database that allows traversing huge amounts of data with ease. This book aims at quickly getting you started with the popular graph database Neo4j. Starting with a brief introduction to graph theory, this book will show you the advantages of using graph databases along with data modeling techniques for graph databases. You'll gain practical hands-on experience with commonly used and lesser known features for updating graph store with Neo4j's Cypher query language. Furthermore, you'll also learn to create awesome procedures using APOC and extend Neo4j's functionality, enabling integration, algorithmic analysis, and other advanced spatial operation capabilities on data. Through the course of the book you will come across implementation examples on the latest updates in Neo4j, such as in-graph indexes, scaling, performance improvements, visualization, data refactoring techniques, security enhancements, and much more. By the end of the book, you'll have gained the skills to design and implement modern spatial applications, from graphing data to unraveling business capabilities with the help of real-world use cases.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Authors
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Simple changes


I define simple changes as changes effecting individual nodes without impacting relations or other related nodes. 

Renaming

There is no renaming feature in Cypher but there is a procedure for that in APOC.

The sentence there is a procedure for that in APOC is almost a mantra in the Neo4j community.

The longer version ends with--if there isn't , ask Michael,  for Michael Hunger whom I already wrote about.

It is possible to rename labels, relations, node properties, and relation properties with APOC.

Currently, relations are named types so the procedures are as follows:

CALL apoc.refactor.rename.label(oldLabel, newLabel, [nodes])
CALL apoc.refactor.rename.type(oldType, newType, [rels])
CALL apoc.refactor.rename.nodeProperty(oldName, newName, [nodes])
or
CALL apoc.refactor.rename.typeProperty(oldName, newName, [rels])

You may optionally give a list of nodes or relations. Awesome.

Adding data

Adding data is enriching the current data model with new properties. This is rather safe. No risk...