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Welcome to the Tour of SurrealDB!1: Connecting to a database2: Creating records3: Using the ONLY keyword4: Non-ASCII record IDs5: Parentheses and accessing fields6: Deleting records7: Field order in objects8: Tips when selecting records9: Casting and aliases10: Affixes11: Updating records12: Linking records13: Viewing the database as a whole14: Schemafull and schemaless15: Viewing the schema16: Literal types and assertions17: INSERT and using JSON18: FOR loops19: Basic graph relations20: Creating graph edges21: Querying graph relations22: Graph relations at greater depth23: Adding and improving data24: Defining events25: Defining indexes26: Improving the schema27: Visualising graph paths28: Recursive queries: setup29: Recursive queries30: More on recursive queries31: AI vector searchDone the tour!

4: Non-ASCII record IDs

If you need a record ID that goes beyond basic non-accented characters (ASCII), you can put it inside <code>`</code> backticks.

-- French
CREATE ONLY place:`ma_bibliothèque`;
-- Japanese works too
CREATE ONLY place:`良い図書逨`;
-- And the ancient Sumerian language...
CREATE ONLY place:`𒂍𒁾𒁀𒀀`;
-- Even emojis!
CREATE ONLY `πŸ“šπŸ“š`:`πŸ§‘β€πŸŽ“πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ`;

Response

-------- Query 1 --------

{
  id: place:`ma_bibliothèque`
}

-------- Query 2 --------

{
  id: place:`良い図書逨`
}

-------- Query 3 --------

{
  id: place:`𒂍𒁾𒁀𒀀`
}

-------- Query 4 --------

{
  id: `πŸ“šπŸ“š`:`πŸ§‘β€πŸŽ“πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ`
}

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