CREATE

CREATE (a:Person {name: 'Alice', age: 30})-[:KNOWS]->(b:Person {name: 'Bob', age: 25})

Create nodes and relationships in one statement. Returns nothing unless you add RETURN.

Syntax#

CREATE (variable:Label {key: value, ...}) [RETURN variable]
CREATE (a:Label {props})-[:TYPE]->(b:Label {props})

Examples#

Create a node#

CREATE (n:Person {name: 'Eve', age: 28}) RETURN n

Notes#

• Node IDs are engine-assigned (monotonic NodeId).
• Properties are set at creation time. Use SET for mutations.
• For upsert semantics (find-or-create), use MERGE.

See Also#

• MERGE — upsert
• DELETE — removal
• SET — property mutation