Cypher: Convert String to primitive long

[aldrinm]

Is there a way to convert a String to a primitive long in a cypher query? More specifically in a WHERE clause like, WHERE n.stringProperty > 100, I need to convert stringProperty to a number to compare. 

(Actually, I'm using the Grails plugin which converts dates to millisecs and then stores them in the datastore. Unfortunately it stores it as strings)

Thanks,

Aldrin

[Peter Neubauer]

Mmh,
not that I know of. In that case, that probably should be a function like

INT(x.age)

or so. WDYT Andres? This might be interesting for making sure that
there is an INT coming from a property even if it is Strign on some
nodes. Just thinking aloud here.

Cheers,

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[Andres Taylor]

Yeah, it's in the back log already. https://github.com/neo4j/community/issues/376

Andrés

[aldrinm]

Ok. Thanks.

(for the moment I'm working around this by storing a shadow field with the required data type)

Cheers,

Aldrin

On Tuesday, 5 June 2012 12:04:26 UTC+5:30, Andres Taylor wrote:

Yeah, it's in the back log already. https://github.com/neo4j/community/issues/376

Andrés