# How to do graph traversal with rules

**URL:** <https://forum.datomic.com/t/how-to-do-graph-traversal-with-rules/132>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [November 7, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/how-to-do-graph-traversal-with-rules/132 "2017-11-07T00:48:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/how-to-do-graph-traversal-with-rules/132/5 "2017-11-14T19:37:09Z")

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Right, if you don’t use the same attribute for your ‘edges’ then you’d have to do something more complex to get traversal logic into a rule. I can imagine a method that might use mutually recursive rules to do so, but that approach will likely get complicated once you end up with more than 2 or 3 link ‘types’.

You’re correct that the Client API doesn’t currently support db functions. We’re working on options there and will provide updates as soon as we have them.

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