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Hello World

It's Hello World time.

This query creates two nodes (Database and Message) and a relationship (SAYS) - your first connected graph in Neo4j.

CREATE (d:Database {name:"Neo4j"})-[r:SAYS]->(m:Message {name:"Hello World!"}) 
RETURN d,m r;
  • d,m: Nodes
  • Database, Message: Labels
  • r: Relation
Neo4j → SAYS → Hello World!

Returns DB Version

To check the running Neo4j instance version:

CALL dbms.components() 
YIELD name, versions, edition 
RETURN name, versions[0], edition;

#hello-world #neo4jVer 5.5.3

Last change: 2025-10-15