4: Non-ASCII record IDs

If you need a record ID that goes beyond basic ASCII, you can put it inside ` backticks.

-- French
CREATE ONLY place:`ma_bibliothèque`;
-- Japanese works too
CREATE ONLY place:`良い図書館`;
-- And the ancient Sumerian language...
CREATE ONLY place:`𒂍𒁾𒁀𒀀`;
-- Even emojis!
CREATE ONLY `📚📚`:`🧑‍🎓💪💪💪`;

Output · Query 1

{
  id: place:`ma_bibliothèque`
}

Output · Query 2

{
  id: place:`良い図書館`
}

Output · Query 3

{
  id: place:`𒂍𒁾𒁀𒀀`
}

Output · Query 4

{
  id: `📚📚`:`🧑‍🎓💪💪💪`
}

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3: Using the ONLY keyword

5: Parentheses, indexing, and fields

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