Re: [Neo4j] Re: Need help evaluating the use of Neo4j

2013-12-19 Thread Stefan Armbruster
Hi Hetui, in the past I've discussed such kind of system. We came up with a model at http://i.imgur.com/QprlkJT.png. The basic idea is that you organize schools in a geo-hierarchic way. Degree is a node representing a student appearing in a class at a given school year. grade, schoolYear, lesson

[Neo4j] Re: Need help evaluating the use of Neo4j

2013-12-18 Thread JDS
If you wouldn't mind sharing your current MySQL schema with me I'll be happy to help you translate it into Neo4j and give you some examples of the difference in syntax and structure, as well as some of the benefits of long-term maintenance/modifications with Neo4j. On Wednesday, December 18, 20

[Neo4j] Re: Need help evaluating the use of Neo4j

2013-12-18 Thread JDS
Personally I think a graphing database like Neo4j would be great for this, you could have Student nodes with properties such as name, grade, age, etc... and you could create test nodes for each test with properties such as subject, length, type (quiz, test, etc...), etc... and you could then at