Hi,
>
> When using the java api, the orient docs indicate that to use an index
> with the getVerticies method, I should use getVerticies(Class.Property,
> value) ie getVerticies("TestClass.testId",123) . However does the same
> apply when using gremlin ? If i had something like g. ...
> .out("link_to_test").has("testId",123) would gremlin use the testId index
> ? Because has("Test.testId",123) does not seem to work.
Gremlin needs vertex centric index for such kind of queries it is in our
roadmap but is not implemented yet.
> Am I right in assuming something like
> pipe.start(root).out("link_to_test").has("testId",123)
> can't be represented using the VertexQuery api ? Something like
> root.query().labels("link_to_test").vertices() would return a list of
> vertices and I would have to filter them manually by the testId property ?
Yes you are right.
> Are there any performance advantages/disadvantages to using the
> VertexQuery or gremlin api as opposed to the SQL api ?
Usually SQL queries are faster because they use database internal features.
> If I create a compound index, is there anyway to query over that compound
> index using the gremlin api ?
You should use SQL in such case, gremlin does not have such kind of index
in it's model.
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 2:19 AM, Mac Adada <macad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> New to graph DBs and to Orient in particular. I have a few questions I
> can't seem to find the answer to, and was wondering if anyone could help.
>
>
> 1. When using the java api, the orient docs indicate that to use an
> index with the getVerticies method, I should use
> getVerticies(Class.Property, value) ie getVerticies("TestClass.testId",123)
> . However does the same apply when using gremlin ? If i had something like
> g. ... .out("link_to_test").has("testId",123) would gremlin use the testId
> index ? Because has("Test.testId",123) does not seem to work.
> 2. Am I right in assuming something like
> pipe.start(root).out("link_to_test").has("testId",123) can't be represented
> using the VertexQuery api ? Something like root.query().labels(
> "link_to_test").vertices() would return a list of vertices and I would
> have to filter them manually by the testId property ?
> 3. Are there any performance advantages/disadvantages to using the
> VertexQuery or gremlin api as opposed to the SQL api ?
> 4. If I create a compound index, is there anyway to query over that
> compound index using the gremlin api ?
>
> I apologize if some of these questions have already been asked and
> answered. Thanks for the help!
> Mahmoud
>
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