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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 `📚📚`:`🧑‍🎓💪💪💪`;

Response

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

{
id: place:`ma_bibliothèque`
}

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

{
id: place:`良い図書館`
}

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

{
id: place:`𒂍𒁾𒁀𒀀`
}

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

{
id: `📚📚`:`🧑‍🎓💪💪💪`
}
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