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NebulaGraph RC2 Release Note

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In our RC2 version, we have made several improvements re the nGQL query language, our Storage Engine, CSV Importer, as well as added Java, Python, and Go Clients.

Below is a detailed rundown of the newly added features:

Query engine

  • Support GROUP BY to group items that have the same values, often used with aggregate functions (COUNT, MAX, MIN, SUM, AVG, etc.) to group the result-set by one or more property field. #749
  • UPDATE CONFIGS supports expression #1273
  • Support changing log severity level and verbose level from console #1273
  • Support IF…RETURN… to return the result if a specified condition is true #1233 、#1246
  • String properties could have unlimited length #1103
  • When insert vertices and edges, users can specify properties order instead of following the schema defined order #1219
  • tag/edge type properties can have explicit default values. #860
  • GO FROM … REVERSELY to implement reverse query #1349

Storage engine

  • Support SHOW PARTS to fetch the partition information of current space #1086
  • Support BALANCE STOP to stop load balance process #1238
  • Support triggering the compaction and flush manually #677, #1240
  • Change BlockBasedTable default block cache size from 4MB to 1024MB #1248
  • Change default partition from 1024 number to 100 #1330
  • Add max_edge_returned_per_vertex gflags option to limit the return size of supper vertex #1221
  • Add cache for vertex #1294 #1268
  • Upgrade dependencies folly and fbthrift #1161

Tools

  • Enhance CSV Importer, user can import CSV using docker image. See Nebula Importer for more details.

Client

  • Add Python client, see Python Client for more details.
  • For Golang client, see Go Client.
  • Java client has been uploaded to Nexus Repository, see Java Client for more details.

Changed/Removed

  • Remove commands ADD/REMOVE HOSTS , the hosts could be discovered automatically #1172

Coming soon

See our roadmap for RC3 for the features coming soon.

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