We welcome 2016 with our first big news yet – the release of ArangoDB 2.8!

Now you can use new AQL keywords to traverse a graph even more convenient – a big deal for those who like to get the maximum out of their connected data. ArangoDB is getting faster with every iteration, in this release we have implemented several AQL functions and arithmetic operations in super-fast C++ code, optimizer rules and indexing improved further to help you getting things done faster. Download ArangoDB 2.8 here.

Array Indexes

The added Array Indexes are a major improvement to ArangoDB that you will love and..

Still waiting for the 2.8 release announcement…So in the meantime, let’s have a look at the latest maintenance release of ArangoDB 2.7.

Here are the changes that come with version 2.7.5:

With the 2.8 beta phase coming to an end it’s time to shed some light on the improvements in the 2.8 AQL optimizer. This blog post summarizes a few of them, focusing on the query optimizer. There’ll be a follow-up post that will explain dedicated new AQL features soon.

Array indexes

2.8 allows creating hash and skiplist indexes on attributes which are arrays. Creating such index works similar to creating a non-array index, with the exception that the name of the array attribute needs to be followed by a [*] in the index fields definition:

db._create("posts"); db.posts.ensureIndex({ type:..

ArangoDB 2.8 (beta3) is available for testing.

The last beta release of ArangoDB 2.8 – at least for 2015 – comes with the following bugfixes and improvements:

ArangoDB 2.7.3 – a maintenance release – is ready for download.

Get ArangoDB 2.7.3 now

The second beta of ArangoDB 2.8 is available for testing. Now it’s your turn – give it a try, report bugs and provide us with your early feedback on the new features (Array Indexes and graph traversal in AQL). Do you like what you see?

Here’s what changed recently (beta 1 / beta 2):

The first beta release of ArangoDB 2.8 is available for download now, adding Array Indexes and Graph Traversals in AQL. Please try the new version, report bugs on Github and provide us your valuable feedback.

Check out the latest blog posts to get some more background about performance improvements and added features.

There are a few API changes coming in the next 2.8 release. Please have a look if you contribute to a language driver or client-side query builder for ArangoDB.

AQL keywords added

The following AQL keywords were added in ArangoDB 2.8:

ArangoDB 2.7.2 comes with replication improvements and some bug fixes. You can download the latest version from our download page.

Replication improvements:

In the first maintenance release of ArangoDB 2.7 we have switched from readline to linenoise ng for line-editing and history capabilities on the command line.

Furthermore, the AQL function MERGE() improved, now working on a single array parameter, too. This allows combining the attributes of multiple objects from an array into a single object, e.g.: