Re: [Neo4j] Cypher queries with regular expression with indexing

[Peter Neubauer]

Have you tried

"start a=node:my_index('name:*Brommenhof') return a"

which is an index query that gets passed to the underlying index directly?

?

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On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 4:03 PM, pt <patt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried to execute the cypher from python and found the following issues, I
> would be appreciated very much for any answer.
>
> from the console:
>
> "start a=node:my_index(name="Zum Brommenhof") return a" --> this work on
> console but not with neo4j-python-embedded. it seems the double quote is
> detected and the interpreter return syntax error.
>
>
> next,
>
> "start a=node:my_index(name="*Brommenhof") return a" --> this query from
> console return not found (0 row)
> Cypher doesn't able to handle regular expression in indexing?
>
>
> Thank you!
> pattreeya.
>
>
>
>
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>
>

[Michael Hunger]

Can't you escape them with a backslash? Or use single quotes in cypher

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[pt]

Thank you very much! It works : )