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  | | In xref:clauses/use.adoc[`USE`] clauses, databases and aliases with unquoted `.` are deprecated in versions 5.26 to 2025.05 unless the `.` is used to indicate that the database or alias belongs to a composite database. | ||
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| However, starting from version 2025.06, this deprecation has been withdrawn, and replaced by two new deprecations. | ||
| The reason for this change is that the previous quoting rules have been found inconsistent and ambiguous, and will be improved starting from Cypher 25. | ||
| For more information, see xref::deprecations-additions-removals-compatibility.adoc#_graph_reference_removed_name_parts_quoting[removed support for quoted name parts in graph references] | 
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    | | In xref:clauses/use.adoc[`USE`] clauses, databases and aliases with unquoted `.` are deprecated in versions 5.26 to 2025.05 unless the `.` is used to indicate that the database or alias belongs to a composite database. | |
| However, starting from version 2025.06, this deprecation has been withdrawn, and replaced by two new deprecations. | |
| The reason for this change is that the previous quoting rules have been found inconsistent and ambiguous, and will be improved starting from Cypher 25. | |
| For more information, see xref::deprecations-additions-removals-compatibility.adoc#_graph_reference_removed_name_parts_quoting[removed support for quoted name parts in graph references] | |
| 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. | |
| However, this deprecation has been withdrawn in 2025.06, and replaced by two new deprecations in Cypher 5: | |
| * xref::deprecations-additions-removals-compatibility.adoc#_graph_reference_removed_name_parts_quoting[Deprecated support for quoted name parts in graph references] | |
| * xref::deprecations-additions-removals-compatibility.adoc#_graph_reference_updated_graph_by_name_quotes[Deprecation to graph functions] | |
| This because the previous quoting rules were inconsistent and ambiguous. | |
| The rules have been clarified and improved in Cypher 25. | |
| 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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  | Creating a database with dots in the name has been deprecated in versions 5.26 to 2025.05. | ||
| However, starting from version 2025.06, this deprecation has been withdrawn, and replaced by two new deprecations. | ||
| The reason for this change is that the previous quoting rules have been found inconsistent and ambiguous, and will be improved starting from Cypher 25. | ||
| For more information, see xref::deprecations-additions-removals-compatibility.adoc#_graph_reference_removed_name_parts_quoting[removed support for quoted name parts in graph references]. | 
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    | Creating a database with dots in the name has been deprecated in versions 5.26 to 2025.05. | |
| However, starting from version 2025.06, this deprecation has been withdrawn, and replaced by two new deprecations. | |
| The reason for this change is that the previous quoting rules have been found inconsistent and ambiguous, and will be improved starting from Cypher 25. | |
| For more information, see xref::deprecations-additions-removals-compatibility.adoc#_graph_reference_removed_name_parts_quoting[removed support for quoted name parts in graph references]. | |
| Creating a database with dots in the name was deprecated in 5.0. | |
| However, this deprecation was withdrawn in 2025.06, and replaced by two new deprecations in Cypher 5: | |
| * xref::deprecations-additions-removals-compatibility.adoc#_graph_reference_removed_name_parts_quoting[Deprecated support for quoted name parts in graph references] | |
| * xref::deprecations-additions-removals-compatibility.adoc#_graph_reference_updated_graph_by_name_quotes[Deprecation to graph functions] | |
| This because the previous quoting rules were inconsistent and ambiguous. | |
| The rules have been clarified and improved in Cypher 25. | |
| 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]. | 
Co-authored-by: Jens Pryce-Åklundh <[email protected]>
              
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