Neo4j Console doesn't run Cypher

Question

I am trying to use Cypher in neo4j to create nodes, but whenever I type cypher commands in the "neo4j shell" of the "Power Tool Console", I end up with the following error:

Unknown command 'create(n);'

I have no "Cypher" tab in my console, unlike what the Neo4j Documentation claims I should have (http://docs.neo4j.org/chunked/snapshot/webadmin-console.html). I only have the "Neo4j Shell","Gremlin", and "HTTP" tabs.

How can I input Cypher commands in the "Neo4j Shell" tab? Is there any way I can actually retrieve a "Cypher" tab? Sorry if these are very easy questions, but I am totally new to neo4j, and I found nothing like this on SO.

Answer 1

You can enter commands in the neo4j tab of the "powertool console" as well as in the "data browser". Try for example START n = node(*) return n;. The problem with create(n) is that the console seems to view it as one command. create (n) (notice the blank) does work.

Answer 2

You may have installed a different version than what the documentation is describing.

I installed neo4j 1.9 with brew and see the same tabs you see.

Then I uninstalled it and downloaded the latest neo4j to try again, this time I have somewhere to input Cypher.