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Neo4j Connector for Apache Spark

When to Use

Reading Neo4j nodes/relationships into Spark DataFrames
Writing Spark DataFrames to Neo4j as nodes or relationships
Databricks notebooks connecting to Neo4j
Delta Lake → Neo4j ingestion pipelines
Partitioned parallel reads from large Neo4j graphs

When NOT to Use

Python bolt driver / execute_query → neo4j-driver-python-skill
Cypher query writing → neo4j-cypher-skill
GDS graph algorithms → neo4j-gds-skill
Spring Boot + Neo4j → neo4j-spring-data-skill

Version Matrix

Connector	Spark	Scala	Java	Databricks Runtime	Neo4j	Maven coordinate
6.0.x	4.0, 4.1	2.13	17+	17.3 LTS	5.x, 2025.x, 2026.x	`org.neo4j.connectors:spark:6.0.0-s_2.13`
5.5.x / 5.4.x	3.4, 3.5	2.12, 2.13	8+	14.3–16.4 LTS	4.4, 5.x, 2025.x, 2026.x	`org.neo4j:neo4j-connector-apache-spark_2.13:5.5.0_for_spark_3`

Group ID changed in 6.0 — org.neo4j:neo4j-connector-apache-spark_<scala> is now a relocation POM pointing at org.neo4j.connectors:spark. On Spark 3.x stay on 5.5.x.

6.0 breaking changes

Change	Migration
Spark baseline 3.5 → 4.0/4.1; Scala 2.12 and Java 8–11 dropped	Upgrade to 5.5.0 first, then Spark 4.x + Scala 2.13 + Java 17
Maven coordinate `org.neo4j.connectors:spark:<version>-s_2.13`	Replace old `_for_spark_3` coordinate
`schema.optimization.type` removed	`schema.optimization.node.keys`, `schema.optimization.relationship.keys`, `schema.optimization`
`$stream.offset` in partitioned reads removed	Use `partitions` + `query.count`
`;`-separated multi-statement `script` removed	`script.1`, `script.2`, … `script.N` — executed in numbered order
`relationship.save.strategy` default `native` → `keys`	Set `.option("relationship.save.strategy", "native")` explicitly to keep old behaviour
`query` option rewritten for Data Source V2 predicate push-down	No action; verify plans on upgrade

Setup

Standalone Spark (PySpark)

from pyspark.sql import SparkSession

spark = (SparkSession.builder
    .appName("neo4j-app")
    .config("spark.jars.packages",
            "org.neo4j.connectors:spark:6.0.0-s_2.13")   # Spark 3.x: org.neo4j:neo4j-connector-apache-spark_2.13:5.5.0_for_spark_3
    .config("neo4j.url", "neo4j+s://xxxx.databases.neo4j.io")
    .config("neo4j.authentication.type", "basic")
    .config("neo4j.authentication.basic.username", "neo4j")
    .config("neo4j.authentication.basic.password", "password")
    .getOrCreate())

Standalone Spark (Scala)

val spark = SparkSession.builder
  .appName("neo4j-app")
  .config("spark.jars.packages",
    "org.neo4j.connectors:spark:6.0.0-s_2.13")
  .config("neo4j.url", "neo4j+s://xxxx.databases.neo4j.io")
  .config("neo4j.authentication.type", "basic")
  .config("neo4j.authentication.basic.username", "neo4j")
  .config("neo4j.authentication.basic.password", "password")
  .getOrCreate()

Databricks — Cluster Installation

Cluster → Libraries → Install New → Maven
Coordinate org.neo4j.connectors:spark:6.0.0-s_2.13 on DBR 17.3 LTS; org.neo4j:neo4j-connector-apache-spark_2.13:5.5.0_for_spark_3 on DBR 14.3–16.4 LTS

Cluster → Advanced Options → Spark tab — add config:

neo4j.url neo4j+s://xxxx.databases.neo4j.io
neo4j.authentication.type basic
neo4j.authentication.basic.username {{secrets/neo4j/username}}
neo4j.authentication.basic.password {{secrets/neo4j/password}}

Use Single user access mode (Unity Catalog shared mode not supported)

Databricks — Secrets (preferred over plaintext)

# Store credentials once:
# databricks secrets create-scope --scope neo4j
# databricks secrets put --scope neo4j --key url
# databricks secrets put --scope neo4j --key username
# databricks secrets put --scope neo4j --key password

neo4j_url  = dbutils.secrets.get(scope="neo4j", key="url")
neo4j_user = dbutils.secrets.get(scope="neo4j", key="username")
neo4j_pass = dbutils.secrets.get(scope="neo4j", key="password")

spark.conf.set("neo4j.url", neo4j_url)
spark.conf.set("neo4j.authentication.type", "basic")
spark.conf.set("neo4j.authentication.basic.username", neo4j_user)
spark.conf.set("neo4j.authentication.basic.password", neo4j_pass)

Key Configuration Options

Option	Description	Default
`neo4j.url`	Bolt/Neo4j URI	— (required)
`neo4j.authentication.type`	`none`, `basic`, `kerberos`, `bearer`	`basic`
`neo4j.authentication.basic.username`	Username	driver default
`neo4j.authentication.basic.password`	Password	driver default
`neo4j.authentication.bearer.token`	Bearer token	—
`neo4j.database`	Target database	driver default
`neo4j.access.mode`	`read` or `write`	`read`
`neo4j.encryption.enabled`	TLS (ignored with `+s`/`+ssc` URI)	`false`
`neo4j.db.transaction.timeout`	Transaction timeout (ms)	driver default
`neo4j.db.transaction.metadata.<key>`	Custom transaction metadata surfaced in query log [6.0]	empty
`neo4j.authentication.type` = supplier name	Custom `AuthenticationTokenSupplierFactory` (e.g. `keycloak` via `org.neo4j.connectors:commons-authn-keycloak`) for expiring OAuth/OIDC tokens	—

Cypher version and query tuning [6.0]

Option	Effect
`cypher.version`	Cypher language version — `5` (default) or `25`
`cypher.tuning.<param>`	Emits `CYPHER <param>=<value>` preamble on every generated query

Valid with labels, relationship, query on reads and writes; rejected with gds.

df = (spark.read.format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
    .option("query", "MATCH (o:Object) RETURN o.id AS id, o.name AS name")
    .option("cypher.version", "25")
    .option("cypher.tuning.runtime", "parallel")           # CYPHER 25 runtime=parallel
    .option("db.transaction.metadata.app", "spark-etl")    # tags transactions in query.log
    .load())

Reading from Neo4j

Three mutually exclusive read modes — use exactly one per .read() call.

Label scan (nodes)

# PySpark
df = (spark.read.format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
    .option("labels", ":Person")
    .load())
df.printSchema()
df.show()

// Scala
val df = spark.read
  .format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
  .option("labels", ":Person")
  .load()

Multi-label filter (AND): .option("labels", ":Person:Employee")

Result includes <id> (internal Neo4j id) and <labels> columns.

Cypher query read

df = (spark.read.format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
    .option("query", "MATCH (p:Person)-[:ACTED_IN]->(m:Movie) RETURN p.name AS actor, m.title AS movie, m.year AS year")
    .load())

Use explicit RETURN aliases — they become DataFrame column names. No SKIP/LIMIT in query (connector handles pagination).

Relationship scan

df = (spark.read.format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
    .option("relationship", "BOUGHT")
    .option("relationship.source.labels", ":Customer")
    .option("relationship.target.labels", ":Product")
    .load())

Result columns: <rel.id>, <rel.type>, <source.*>, <target.*>, plus relationship properties.

Read partition tuning

df = (spark.read.format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
    .option("labels", ":Transaction")
    .option("partitions", "10")        # parallel partitions (default: 1)
    .option("batch.size", "5000")      # rows per partition batch (default: 5000)
    .option("schema.flatten.limit", "100")  # rows sampled for schema inference
    .load())

Full read options reference: references/read-patterns.md

Writing to Neo4j

SaveMode

SaveMode	Cypher	Requires
`Append`	`CREATE`	nothing extra
`Overwrite`	`MERGE`	`node.keys` (nodes) or `*.node.keys` (rels)
`ErrorIfExists`	`CREATE` + error if exists	—

Always create uniqueness constraints on node.keys properties before writing in Overwrite mode.

Write nodes — Append (CREATE)

from pyspark.sql import Row

people = spark.createDataFrame([
    {"name": "Alice", "age": 30},
    {"name": "Bob",   "age": 25},
])

(people.write.format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
    .mode("Append")
    .option("labels", ":Person")
    .save())

Write nodes — Overwrite (MERGE)

(people.write.format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
    .mode("Overwrite")
    .option("labels", ":Person")
    .option("node.keys", "name")       # comma-separated; df_col:node_prop if names differ
    .save())

node.keys with rename: .option("node.keys", "df_col:node_property,id:personId")

Write nodes — Scala

import org.apache.spark.sql.SaveMode

peopleDF.write
  .format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
  .mode(SaveMode.Overwrite)
  .option("labels", ":Person")
  .option("node.keys", "name")
  .save()

Write relationships

Use coalesce(1) before relationship writes to avoid deadlocks.

rel_df = spark.createDataFrame([
    {"cust_id": "C1", "prod_id": "P1", "qty": 3},
    {"cust_id": "C2", "prod_id": "P2", "qty": 1},
])

(rel_df.coalesce(1)
    .write.format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
    .mode("Append")
    .option("relationship", "BOUGHT")
    .option("relationship.save.strategy", "keys")
    .option("relationship.source.labels", ":Customer")
    .option("relationship.source.save.mode", "Match")          # require existing nodes
    .option("relationship.source.node.keys", "cust_id:id")
    .option("relationship.target.labels", ":Product")
    .option("relationship.target.save.mode", "Match")
    .option("relationship.target.node.keys", "prod_id:id")
    .option("relationship.properties", "qty:quantity")
    .save())

relationship.source.save.mode / relationship.target.save.mode:

Match — find existing nodes (fail if missing)
Append — always CREATE new nodes
Overwrite — MERGE nodes

Pre-write scripts [6.0]

script.N runs Cypher once before write operations, in numbered order. Required for index/constraint setup when using query mode (schema.optimization.* rejected there).

(df.write.format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
    .mode("Overwrite")
    .option("query", "MERGE (p:Person {email: event.email}) SET p.name = event.name")
    .option("script.1", "CREATE CONSTRAINT person_email IF NOT EXISTS FOR (p:Person) REQUIRE p.email IS UNIQUE")
    .option("script.2", "CREATE INDEX person_name IF NOT EXISTS FOR (p:Person) ON (p.name)")
    .option("index.await.timeout", "300")   # db.awaitIndexes seconds; 0 disables
    .save())

script (single statement) and script.N are mutually exclusive. Semicolon-separated statements inside one script fail on 6.0.

Full write options reference: references/write-patterns.md

Databricks — Delta Lake → Neo4j Pipeline

# Read from Delta table (Unity Catalog or DBFS)
delta_df = spark.read.format("delta").table("catalog.schema.cus

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name: neo4j-spark-skill
description: Use when reading from or writing to Neo4j with Apache Spark or Databricks using the
  Neo4j Connector for Apache Spark 6.0 (org.neo4j.connectors:spark) or 5.x
  (org.neo4j:neo4j-connector-apache-spark). Covers SparkSession
  setup, DataFrame reads via labels/Cypher/relationship scan, DataFrame writes with SaveMode,
  node.keys for MERGE, relationship write mapping, partition and batch tuning, PySpark and Scala
  examples, Databricks cluster config, Databricks secrets for credentials, Delta Lake to Neo4j
  pipelines. Does NOT handle Cypher authoring — use neo4j-cypher-skill. Does NOT handle the Python
  bolt driver — use neo4j-driver-python-skill. Does NOT handle GDS algorithms — use neo4j-gds-skill.
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---
name: neo4j-spark-skill
description: Use when reading from or writing to Neo4j with Apache Spark or Databricks using the
  Neo4j Connector for Apache Spark 6.0 (org.neo4j.connectors:spark) or 5.x
  (org.neo4j:neo4j-connector-apache-spark). Covers SparkSession
  setup, DataFrame reads via labels/Cypher/relationship scan, DataFrame writes with SaveMode,
  node.keys for MERGE, relationship write mapping, partition and batch tuning, PySpark and Scala
  examples, Databricks cluster config, Databricks secrets for credentials, Delta Lake to Neo4j
  pipelines. Does NOT handle Cypher authoring — use neo4j-cypher-skill. Does NOT handle the Python
  bolt driver — use neo4j-driver-python-skill. Does NOT handle GDS algorithms — use neo4j-gds-skill.
version: 1.0.3
allowed-tools: Bash WebFetch
---

# Neo4j Connector for Apache Spark

## When to Use

- Reading Neo4j nodes/relationships into Spark DataFrames
- Writing Spark DataFrames to Neo4j as nodes or relationships
- Databricks notebooks connecting to Neo4j
- Delta Lake → Neo4j ingestion pipelines
- Partitioned parallel reads from large Neo4j graphs

## When NOT to Use

- **Python bolt driver / execute_query** → `neo4j-driver-python-skill`
- **Cypher query writing** → `neo4j-cypher-skill`
- **GDS graph algorithms** → `neo4j-gds-skill`
- **Spring Boot + Neo4j** → `neo4j-spring-data-skill`

---

## Version Matrix

| Connector | Spark | Scala | Java | Databricks Runtime | Neo4j | Maven coordinate |
|-----------|-------|-------|------|--------------------|-------|------------------|
| 6.0.x | 4.0, 4.1 | 2.13 | 17+ | 17.3 LTS | 5.x, 2025.x, 2026.x | `org.neo4j.connectors:spark:6.0.0-s_2.13` |
| 5.5.x / 5.4.x | 3.4, 3.5 | 2.12, 2.13 | 8+ | 14.3–16.4 LTS | 4.4, 5.x, 2025.x, 2026.x | `org.neo4j:neo4j-connector-apache-spark_2.13:5.5.0_for_spark_3` |

Group ID changed in 6.0 — `org.neo4j:neo4j-connector-apache-spark_<scala>` is now a relocation POM pointing at `org.neo4j.connectors:spark`. On Spark 3.x stay on 5.5.x.

### 6.0 breaking changes

| Change | Migration |
|---|---|
| Spark baseline 3.5 → 4.0/4.1; Scala 2.12 and Java 8–11 dropped | Upgrade to 5.5.0 first, then Spark 4.x + Scala 2.13 + Java 17 |
| Maven coordinate `org.neo4j.connectors:spark:<version>-s_2.13` | Replace old `_for_spark_3` coordinate |
| `schema.optimization.type` removed | `schema.optimization.node.keys`, `schema.optimization.relationship.keys`, `schema.optimization` |
| `$stream.offset` in partitioned reads removed | Use `partitions` + `query.count` |
| `;`-separated multi-statement `script` removed | `script.1`, `script.2`, … `script.N` — executed in numbered order |
| `relationship.save.strategy` default `native` → `keys` | Set `.option("relationship.save.strategy", "native")` explicitly to keep old behaviour |
| `query` option rewritten for Data Source V2 predicate push-down | No action; verify plans on upgrade |

---

## Setup

### Standalone Spark (PySpark)

```python
from pyspark.sql import SparkSession

spark = (SparkSession.builder
    .appName("neo4j-app")
    .config("spark.jars.packages",
            "org.neo4j.connectors:spark:6.0.0-s_2.13")   # Spark 3.x: org.neo4j:neo4j-connector-apache-spark_2.13:5.5.0_for_spark_3
    .config("neo4j.url", "neo4j+s://xxxx.databases.neo4j.io")
    .config("neo4j.authentication.type", "basic")
    .config("neo4j.authentication.basic.username", "neo4j")
    .config("neo4j.authentication.basic.password", "password")
    .getOrCreate())
```

### Standalone Spark (Scala)

```scala
val spark = SparkSession.builder
  .appName("neo4j-app")
  .config("spark.jars.packages",
    "org.neo4j.connectors:spark:6.0.0-s_2.13")
  .config("neo4j.url", "neo4j+s://xxxx.databases.neo4j.io")
  .config("neo4j.authentication.type", "basic")
  .config("neo4j.authentication.basic.username", "neo4j")
  .config("neo4j.authentication.basic.password", "password")
  .getOrCreate()
```

### Databricks — Cluster Installation

1. Cluster → **Libraries** → **Install New** → **Maven**
2. Coordinate `org.neo4j.connectors:spark:6.0.0-s_2.13` on DBR 17.3 LTS; `org.neo4j:neo4j-connector-apache-spark_2.13:5.5.0_for_spark_3` on DBR 14.3–16.4 LTS
3. Cluster → **Advanced Options** → **Spark** tab — add config:
   ```
   neo4j.url neo4j+s://xxxx.databases.neo4j.io
   neo4j.authentication.type basic
   neo4j.authentication.basic.username {{secrets/neo4j/username}}
   neo4j.authentication.basic.password {{secrets/neo4j/password}}
   ```
4. Use **Single user** access mode (Unity Catalog shared mode not supported)

### Databricks — Secrets (preferred over plaintext)

```python
# Store credentials once:
# databricks secrets create-scope --scope neo4j
# databricks secrets put --scope neo4j --key url
# databricks secrets put --scope neo4j --key username
# databricks secrets put --scope neo4j --key password

neo4j_url  = dbutils.secrets.get(scope="neo4j", key="url")
neo4j_user = dbutils.secrets.get(scope="neo4j", key="username")
neo4j_pass = dbutils.secrets.get(scope="neo4j", key="password")

spark.conf.set("neo4j.url", neo4j_url)
spark.conf.set("neo4j.authentication.type", "basic")
spark.conf.set("neo4j.authentication.basic.username", neo4j_user)
spark.conf.set("neo4j.authentication.basic.password", neo4j_pass)
```

---

## Key Configuration Options

| Option | Description | Default |
|--------|-------------|---------|
| `neo4j.url` | Bolt/Neo4j URI | — (required) |
| `neo4j.authentication.type` | `none`, `basic`, `kerberos`, `bearer` | `basic` |
| `neo4j.authentication.basic.username` | Username | driver default |
| `neo4j.authentication.basic.password` | Password | driver default |
| `neo4j.authentication.bearer.token` | Bearer token | — |
| `neo4j.database` | Target database | driver default |
| `neo4j.access.mode` | `read` or `write` | `read` |
| `neo4j.encryption.enabled` | TLS (ignored with `+s`/`+ssc` URI) | `false` |
| `neo4j.db.transaction.timeout` | Transaction timeout (ms) | driver default |
| `neo4j.db.transaction.metadata.<key>` | Custom transaction metadata surfaced in query log [6.0] | empty |
| `neo4j.authentication.type` = supplier name | Custom `AuthenticationTokenSupplierFactory` (e.g. `keycloak` via `org.neo4j.connectors:commons-authn-keycloak`) for expiring OAuth/OIDC tokens | — |

### Cypher version and query tuning [6.0]

| Option | Effect |
|---|---|
| `cypher.version` | Cypher language version — `5` (default) or `25` |
| `cypher.tuning.<param>` | Emits `CYPHER <param>=<value>` preamble on every generated query |

Valid with `labels`, `relationship`, `query` on reads and writes; rejected with `gds`.

```python
df = (spark.read.format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
    .option("query", "MATCH (o:Object) RETURN o.id AS id, o.name AS name")
    .option("cypher.version", "25")
    .option("cypher.tuning.runtime", "parallel")           # CYPHER 25 runtime=parallel
    .option("db.transaction.metadata.app", "spark-etl")    # tags transactions in query.log
    .load())
```

---

## Reading from Neo4j

Three mutually exclusive read modes — use exactly one per `.read()` call.

### Label scan (nodes)

```python
# PySpark
df = (spark.read.format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
    .option("labels", ":Person")
    .load())
df.printSchema()
df.show()
```

```scala
// Scala
val df = spark.read
  .format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
  .option("labels", ":Person")
  .load()
```

Multi-label filter (AND): `.option("labels", ":Person:Employee")`

Result includes `<id>` (internal Neo4j id) and `<labels>` columns.

### Cypher query read

```python
df = (spark.read.format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
    .option("query", "MATCH (p:Person)-[:ACTED_IN]->(m:Movie) RETURN p.name AS actor, m.title AS movie, m.year AS year")
    .load())
```

Use explicit RETURN aliases — they become DataFrame column names. No `SKIP`/`LIMIT` in query (connector handles pagination).

### Relationship scan

```python
df = (spark.read.format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
    .option("relationship", "BOUGHT")
    .option("relationship.source.labels", ":Customer")
    .option("relationship.target.labels", ":Product")
    .load())
```

Result columns: `<rel.id>`, `<rel.type>`, `<source.*>`, `<target.*>`, plus relationship properties.

### Read partition tuning

```python
df = (spark.read.format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
    .option("labels", ":Transaction")
    .option("partitions", "10")        # parallel partitions (default: 1)
    .option("batch.size", "5000")      # rows per partition batch (default: 5000)
    .option("schema.flatten.limit", "100")  # rows sampled for schema inference
    .load())
```

Full read options reference: [references/read-patterns.md](references/read-patterns.md)

---

## Writing to Neo4j

### SaveMode

| SaveMode | Cypher | Requires |
|----------|--------|----------|
| `Append` | `CREATE` | nothing extra |
| `Overwrite` | `MERGE` | `node.keys` (nodes) or `*.node.keys` (rels) |
| `ErrorIfExists` | `CREATE` + error if exists | — |

Always create uniqueness constraints on `node.keys` properties before writing in `Overwrite` mode.

### Write nodes — Append (CREATE)

```python
from pyspark.sql import Row

people = spark.createDataFrame([
    {"name": "Alice", "age": 30},
    {"name": "Bob",   "age": 25},
])

(people.write.format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
    .mode("Append")
    .option("labels", ":Person")
    .save())
```

### Write nodes — Overwrite (MERGE)

```python
(people.write.format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
    .mode("Overwrite")
    .option("labels", ":Person")
    .option("node.keys", "name")       # comma-separated; df_col:node_prop if names differ
    .save())
```

`node.keys` with rename: `.option("node.keys", "df_col:node_property,id:personId")`

### Write nodes — Scala

```scala
import org.apache.spark.sql.SaveMode

peopleDF.write
  .format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
  .mode(SaveMode.Overwrite)
  .option("labels", ":Person")
  .option("node.keys", "name")
  .save()
```

### Write relationships

Use `coalesce(1)` before relationship writes to avoid deadlocks.

```python
rel_df = spark.createDataFrame([
    {"cust_id": "C1", "prod_id": "P1", "qty": 3},
    {"cust_id": "C2", "prod_id": "P2", "qty": 1},
])

(rel_df.coalesce(1)
    .write.format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
    .mode("Append")
    .option("relationship", "BOUGHT")
    .option("relationship.save.strategy", "keys")
    .option("relationship.source.labels", ":Customer")
    .option("relationship.source.save.mode", "Match")          # require existing nodes
    .option("relationship.source.node.keys", "cust_id:id")
    .option("relationship.target.labels", ":Product")
    .option("relationship.target.save.mode", "Match")
    .option("relationship.target.node.keys", "prod_id:id")
    .option("relationship.properties", "qty:quantity")
    .save())
```

`relationship.source.save.mode` / `relationship.target.save.mode`:
- `Match` — find existing nodes (fail if missing)
- `Append` — always CREATE new nodes
- `Overwrite` — MERGE nodes

### Pre-write scripts [6.0]

`script.N` runs Cypher once before write operations, in numbered order. Required for index/constraint setup when using `query` mode (`schema.optimization.*` rejected there).

```python
(df.write.format("org.neo4j.spark.DataSource")
    .mode("Overwrite")
    .option("query", "MERGE (p:Person {email: event.email}) SET p.name = event.name")
    .option("script.1", "CREATE CONSTRAINT person_email IF NOT EXISTS FOR (p:Person) REQUIRE p.email IS UNIQUE")
    .option("script.2", "CREATE INDEX person_name IF NOT EXISTS FOR (p:Person) ON (p.name)")
    .option("index.await.timeout", "300")   # db.awaitIndexes seconds; 0 disables
    .save())
```

`script` (single statement) and `script.N` are mutually exclusive. Semicolon-separated statements inside one `script` fail on 6.0.

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---

## Databricks — Delta Lake → Neo4j Pipeline

```python
# Read from Delta table (Unity Catalog or DBFS)
delta_df = spark.read.format("delta").table("catalog.schema.cus

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Neo4j Connector for Apache Spark

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