Neo4J Desktop - CREATE DATABASE

Neo4j Graph Platform Desktop
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When trying to create a database

Failed to create a DB[trade] in DBMS[database-8590fa16-67ae-4192-b711-67bf95911394]. (Error: Unable to run a database write query. DBMS query error: Unsupported administration command: CREATE DATABASE trade )

Desktop version 1.6

Created a project, created a local DBMS and when trying to create a database getting the above error.

Unstallled and cleaned the local files mutiple times and consistently getting this error
Please advise new to Neo4J

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I can think of two things:

  • You need to switch to the system database to create a new database. Type ‘:use system’ to switch to the system and create your new database. Use the ‘:use’ command to switch between your other databases.

  • You are using the community version, which doesn’t allow creating databases.

Based on the error message, I am included to think it is item one.