We also moved to the 'create on demand' approach largely because we often make enhancements to the application and required data structures, but run on older databases, so it is nice if the app can 'update' the database. Doesn't always work, but reduces the number of times we need to delete the entire database and start over.
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Mattias Persson <[email protected]>wrote: > 2009/11/20 Laurent Laborde <[email protected]>: > > Aditionnaly, i think that i found the easiest way to know if i run a > > new database for the first time : > > if(referenceNode.hasRelationship() == false) { > > //we are running this database for the first time > > //initialize stuff. > > } > > Sounds like an excellent idea. > > Just a thought: when I write code with neo4j I never think of an > "initialization phase", but rather that my nodes and relationships are > always created on demand as needed if they don't exist. Maybe that's a > matter of taste though. > > > > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Mattias Persson > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Great, I'd be glad to answer more questions as they come along... and > >> enjoy your lunch! > >> > >> Best, > >> Mattias > >> > >> 2009/11/20 Laurent Laborde <[email protected]>: > >>> Thank you for your very fast replies. > >>> I will have more question, soon. > >>> But it's time to eat and i'll have some code to do before jumping to > >>> the next problem. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Ker2x > >>> sysadmin & DBA @ http://www.over-blog.com/ > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Neo mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Mattias Persson, [[email protected]] > >> Neo Technology, www.neotechnology.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Neo mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > F4FQM > > Kerunix Flan > > Laurent Laborde > > _______________________________________________ > > Neo mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user > > > > > > -- > Mattias Persson, [[email protected]] > Neo Technology, www.neotechnology.com > _______________________________________________ > Neo mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user > _______________________________________________ Neo mailing list [email protected] https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user
