How to create a large number of nodes and relationships in Neo4j?

To create a large number of nodes and relationships, you can use the Cypher query language. Here is a simple example that can help you understand how to use Cypher to create a large number of nodes and relationships.

First, you can create multiple nodes using the following statements:

CREATE (:Person {name: 'Alice'})
CREATE (:Person {name: 'Bob'})
CREATE (:Person {name: 'Charlie'})

The statement will create three nodes named “Person,” each with a different name.

Next, you can create relationships between nodes using the following statements:

MATCH (p1:Person {name: 'Alice'}), (p2:Person {name: 'Bob'})
CREATE (p1)-[:FRIEND]->(p2)

The statement above will establish a relationship named “FRIEND” that connects the nodes of Alice and Bob.

If you need to create more nodes and relationships, you can repeat the above CREATE statement.

Additionally, if you have a large amount of data to import into Neo4j, you may consider using Neo4j’s import tool, such as neo4j-admin import or Neo4j’s ETL tool neo4j-etl.

I hope the above information is helpful to you!

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