Setting record fields to the same value as the primary_id

GSQL Graph Schema
#1

For one of my vertex type, I want one of my fields to be same as the primary_id. I tried this:

CREATE QUERY populate_id_fields() FOR GRAPH oc {
S = {entity.*};

UPDATE s FROM S:s
SET s.activerecord_id = str_to_int(s.id);

}

but it’s giving me an error "primary_id not usable in the query body. Is there a workaround for this? Thank you.

#2

Hi Ivan,

Thanks for your question.

It is not allowed directly use s.id without setting primary_id_as_attribute.

To enable that you can

  1. create that vertex by using the config: WITH primary_id_as_attribute=“true”
  1. Check the checkbox in GraphStudio

Check as attribute when defining the vertex in Schema Design page.

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Please be noted, either way, the system will remove the data of that vertex (including edges connected to that vertex) being changed.

Thanks.