Neo4j Browser - Bug on create node?

Question

I dont know if it cpuld be an issue/bug.

When you create a node without variable, server creates "zombie gray" nodes

Example: CREATE (Expedient {id_exp: 'MAPSAN_0004', name: 'contractual', dateCreation: '16/03/2022', dateExpiration:'16/03/2023'}) and run it 2 o 3 times.

You will see in console result for each command: Created 1 node, set 4 properties, completed after 2 ms.

But when you want to match the nodes, per example: MATCH (e:Expedient) RETURN e you will not find de "zombie" nodes, only if run: MATCH (e) RETURN e

you will see all nodes.

Is it a good behaviour? Thx in advance community!

Answer 1

You are almost there, just missing a colon to define the node label.

CREATE (:Expedient 
  {id_exp: 'MAPSAN_0004', name: 'contractual', dateCreation: '16/03/2022', dateExpiration:'16/03/2023'})

If you don't include the colon, the Cypher treats it as a reference variable that you could refer to later in the same statement:

CREATE (e:Expedient {id_exp: 'MAPSAN_0004', name: 'contractual', dateCreation: '16/03/2022', dateExpiration:'16/03/2023'})
CREATE (e)-[:REL]->(:Node)

Another thing, you might want to store the dates as date format and not string.