I don't know if this is best practice but I have in the passed used the ref node to store stats about the graph, I.e. Node count, relationship count etc....
D On 20 Nov 2009, at 14:54, Mattias Persson <matt...@neotechnology.com> wrote: > 2009/11/20 Laurent Laborde <kerdez...@gmail.com>: >> 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 >> <matt...@neotechnology.com> 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 <kerdez...@gmail.com>: >>>> 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 >>>> User@lists.neo4j.org >>>> https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mattias Persson, [matt...@neotechnology.com] >>> Neo Technology, www.neotechnology.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Neo mailing list >>> User@lists.neo4j.org >>> https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> F4FQM >> Kerunix Flan >> Laurent Laborde >> _______________________________________________ >> Neo mailing list >> User@lists.neo4j.org >> https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user >> > > > > -- > Mattias Persson, [matt...@neotechnology.com] > Neo Technology, www.neotechnology.com > _______________________________________________ > Neo mailing list > User@lists.neo4j.org > https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user _______________________________________________ Neo mailing list User@lists.neo4j.org https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user