Start and stop composite databases

Composite databases are managed using Cypher® administrative commands.

Start composite databases

You can start composite databases using the command START DATABASE.

Query

START DATABASE inventory

Both standard databases and composite databases can be started using this command.

To see the status of the started database, run the command SHOW DATABASE name:

Query

SHOW DATABASE inventory YIELD name, requestedStatus, currentStatus

Result

+-----------------------------------------------+
| name        | requestedStatus | currentStatus |
+-----------------------------------------------+
| "inventory" | "online"        | "online"      |
+-----------------------------------------------+

Stop composite databases

You can stop composite databases using the command STOP DATABASE.

Query

STOP DATABASE inventory

Both standard databases and composite databases can be stopped using this command.

To see the status of the stopped database, run the command SHOW DATABASE name:

Query

SHOW DATABASE inventory YIELD name, requestedStatus, currentStatus

Result

+-----------------------------------------------+
| name        | requestedStatus | currentStatus |
+-----------------------------------------------+
| "inventory" | "offline"       | "offline"     |
+-----------------------------------------------+