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Co-authored-by: Reneta Popova <[email protected]>
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modules/ROOT/pages/database-administration/standard-databases/naming-databases.adoc

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The `-` (dash) and `.` (dot) characters are not legal in Cypher variables.
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Names with a `-` in them must be enclosed within backticks.
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For example, `CREATE DATABASE ++`main-db`++` is a valid database name.
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Since Cypher 25 names with a `.` in them must be enclosed within backticks.
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However, database names with dots in them are not recommended, due to the difficulty of determining if a dot is part of the database name or a delimiter for a database alias in a composite database.
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A future version of Neo4j may disallow database names with dots entirely.
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In Cypher 25, names that contain a dot (`.`) must be quoted in backticks.
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However, using dots in database names is not recommended, as it makes it difficult to determine if a dot is part of the database name or a delimiter for a database alias in a composite database.
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A future version of Neo4j may entirely disallow database names with dots.
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It is possible to create an alias to refer to an existing database to avoid these restrictions.

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