How to create Index on already created node using Cypher Query Language without using label in Neo4j

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How to create Index on already created node using Cypher Query Language without using label in Neo4j. i want Manual indexing not auto indexing.

I have typed query 

 CREATE INDEX ON :name(name);

and get

   SyntaxException: string matching regex `$' expected but `O' found
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1 Answers

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Assuming you are not using 2.0.

You can't create an index using Cypher. You would have to create it manually via the api (http://docs.neo4j.org/chunked/stable/indexing-create.html) or REST(http://docs.neo4j.org/chunked/stable/rest-api-indexes.html)