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| In xref:clauses/use.adoc[`USE`] clauses, databases and aliases with unquoted `.` are deprecated unless the `.` is used to indicate that the database or alias belongs to a composite database.
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Names containing `.` should be quoted using backticks.
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For example, `USE `my.db`` is valid.
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a| The use of unquoted `.` characters in xref:clauses/use.adoc[`USE`] clauses when specifying databases and aliases was deprecated in 5.26, except when `.` indicated that the database or alias belonged to a composite database.
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However, this deprecation has been withdrawn in 2025.06, and replaced by two new deprecations in Cypher 5:
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* xref::deprecations-additions-removals-compatibility.adoc#_graph_reference_removed_name_parts_quoting[Deprecated support for quoted name parts in graph references]
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* xref::deprecations-additions-removals-compatibility.adoc#_graph_reference_updated_graph_by_name_quotes[Deprecation to graph functions]
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This is because the previous quoting rules were inconsistent and ambiguous.
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The rules have been clarified and improved in Cypher 25.
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For more information, see the link:https://neo4j.com/docs/cypher-manual/25/deprecations-additions-removals-compatibility/[Cypher 25 Manual -> Additions, deprecations, removals, and compatibility].
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CREATE DATABASE databaseName.withDot ...
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Creating a database with dots in the name has been deprecated, instead quote the database name using backticks:
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Creating a database with dots in the name was deprecated in 5.0.
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However, this deprecation was withdrawn in 2025.06, and replaced by two new deprecations in Cypher 5:
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[source, cypher, role="noheader"]
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CREATE DATABASE `databaseName.withDot` ...
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* xref::deprecations-additions-removals-compatibility.adoc#_graph_reference_removed_name_parts_quoting[Deprecated support for quoted name parts in graph references]
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* xref::deprecations-additions-removals-compatibility.adoc#_graph_reference_updated_graph_by_name_quotes[Deprecation to graph functions]
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This because the previous quoting rules were inconsistent and ambiguous.
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The rules have been clarified and improved in Cypher 25.
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For more information, see the link:https://neo4j.com/docs/cypher-manual/25/deprecations-additions-removals-compatibility/[Cypher 25 Manual -> Additions, deprecations, removals, and compatibility].
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