Yes, it's right, you can turn lightweight edges on in any moment. Actually to create a regular edge (instead of lightweight), defining a class for it is not enough, you just have to explicitly add a property to that.
Luigi 2015-03-12 17:55 GMT+01:00 Jeffrey Auguste <[email protected]>: > So it seems that both can coexist. Is that true? So as long as I turn the > flag on, then unless I use a labeled edge or add a property to the edge, it > should create a lightweight edge. And if I find a case where I would like a > regular edge, I can just create an edge class to enforce it? > > > On Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 11:39:04 AM UTC-4, Jeffrey Auguste wrote: >> >> My understanding so far is that OrientDB has two type of Edges. Regular >> and Lightweight. The regular provides more flexibility and functionality at >> the cost of additional storage and performance. Its also my understanding >> that the lightweight edge is by default turned off with orientdb which >> makes it seem as though regular edges is the preferred over lightweight. >> >> So my questions are: >> 1. Is the difference in performance and/or storage significant with >> standard edges vs lightweight? If so, is it only affected in large >> databases? If so, what is considered Large? >> 2. The documentation states that Lightweight edges are hard to work with? >> If you agree, is it so difficult that you would question using them instead >> of regular edges? >> 3. Which do you prefer? In what situation would you switch to using the >> alternate edge to your preference? >> > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "OrientDB" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OrientDB" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
