V3.0 Removal of Previously Deprecated Features

TigerGraph 2.x contained some features which were labeled as deprecated. These features are no longer necessary because they have been superseded already by improved approaches for using the TigerGraph platform. The new approaches were developed because they use more consistent grammar, are more extensible, or offer higher performance. Therefore, TigerGraph 3.0 has streamlined the product by removing support for some of these deprecated features, listed below:

Data Types

See Data Types in GSQL Language Reference

Deprecated Type Alternate Approach

REAL

Use FLOAT or DOUBLE

INT_SET

Use SET<INT>

INT_LIST

Use LIST<INT>

STRING_SET_COMPRESS

Use SET<STRING COMPRESS>

STRING_LIST_CONPRESS

Use LIST<STRING COMPRESS>

UINT_SET

Use SET<INT>

UINT32_UINT32_KV_LIST

Use MAP<UINT, UINT>

INT32_INT32_KV_LIST

Use MAP<INT, INT>

UINT32_UDT_KV_LIST

Use MAP<UINT, UDT_type>, where UDT_type is a user-defined tuple type

INT32_UDT_KV_LIST

Use MAP<INT, UDT_type>, where UDT_type is a user-defined tuple type

Syntax for Control Flow Statements

See Control Flow Statements in GSQL Language Reference

Deprecated Statement Alternate Statement
FOREACH ... DO ... DONE FOREACH... DO... END
FOREACH (condition) {

body

}

FOREACH condition DO

body

END

IF (condition) {

body1

} else {

body2

}

IF condition THEN

body1

ELSE

body2

END

WHILE (condition) {

body

}

WHILE condition DO

body

END

Vertex Set Variable Declaration

See Vertex Set Variable Declaration and Assignment

If a vertex type is specified, the vertex type must be within parentheses.

Deprecated Statement Alternate Statement

MySet Person = …​

MySet (Person) = …​

Query, Job, and Token Management

Deprecated Operation Alternate Operation
CREATE JOB CREATE LOADING JOB
RUN JOB

Specify the job type:

RUN LOADING JOB

RUN SCHEMA_CHANGE JOB

RUN GLOBAL SCHEMA_CHANGE JOB

CREATE / SHOW/ REFRESH TOKEN To create a token, use the REST endpoint GET /requesttoken
offline2online The offline loading job mode was discontinued in v2.0. Do not write loading jobs using this syntax.

Output

See PRINT Statement in 'Output Statements and File Objects'

Deprecated Syntax Alternate Syntax

JSON API v1

v2 has been the default JSON format since TigerGraph 1.1. No alternate JSON version will be available.

PRINT …​ TO_CSV [filepath]

Define a file object, then PRINT …​ TO_CSV [file_object]

Built-in Queries

Deprecated Statement Alternate Statement

SELECT count() FROM ...

// count may be out of date

SELECT approx_count(*) FROM ...

// same behavior as count(); may not include all the latest data updates

SELECT count(*) FROM ...

// exact, but slower than approx_count(*)