Neo4j with DBine
How to connect DBine to Neo4j and what you can do once it's connected. This page is written from what the Neo4j driver says about itself, so it matches the version of DBine you download.
Connect
- In DBine, open New connection.
- Pick Neo4j in the list of engines.
- Fill in the fields below, press Test connection and then Save.
Default port: 7687.
General
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Server required | A host or a URI: neo4j+s://xxxx.databases.neo4j.io (Aura), bolt://server:7687. Example: localhost |
| Port | |
| Database | |
| User | Default: neo4j |
| Password | Kept in the system keychain, never in DBine's files. |
| Read-only | On or off. |
SSH tunnel. The connection can go through an SSH server, even through a chain of bastions, with a password, a private key or the SSH agent. The server's fingerprint is checked against known_hosts or confirmed the first time.
SSL/TLS
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Encrypt the connection (TLS) | On or off. |
| Trust the server certificate | On or off. |
What the explorer shows
Under the connection: Databases. Inside each one:
- Nodes
- Relationships
- Indexes
- Constraints
- Procedures
Query editor
The editor uses Cypher, with completion for the connection's objects. Statements and commands run against the database selected in the tab.
What the editor accepts:
Cypher, with statements separated by «;»:
MATCH (p:Person)-[:KNOWS]->(q) WHERE p.age > 30 RETURN p, q LIMIT 25;
CREATE (:Person {name: 'Ana'}) · MERGE (c:City {name: 'Rosario'}) · MATCH (n) DETACH DELETE n
:param name => value defines $name for the following queries (:params lists them).
:begin · :commit · :rollback explicit transaction, which stays open between runs.
Nodes and relationships are shown as JSON (~id, ~labels, ~properties).
EXPLAIN / PROFILE in front of a query show its plan (or use the plan buttons).
:use db changes the session's database (Neo4j, Memgraph Enterprise).Ready-made templates for new objects:
- New node
- New relationship
- New index
- New constraint
- New full-text index
- New vector index
Tools for Neo4j
Available
- Graphical execution plans
- Live query profiler
- Server monitor
- Sessions and running queries
- End a session
- Locks: who blocks whom
- Cancel another session's query from the sessions list
- Manual transactions (commit and rollback)
- Index usage
- Create databases
- Drop databases
- Database properties
- Visual designer for new objects
- Compare and sync schemas
- Native bulk load when migrating data
- Users and permissions
Not available for Neo4j
- Relations in the ER diagram
- Rename objects
- Clone tables
- Backups
Why a tool doesn't apply to an engine, and the details of each one, are in the engine support reference.
Generated from the Neo4j driver 0.1.11, which DBine downloads the first time you connect to Neo4j.