Neo4j Cypher, START n=node(id) over MATCH id(n)=id

Question

I was wondering how

WHERE id(n) = id

compares to

START n = node(id)

as most of the time I do not select nodes by id (at least in number of code appearances) and therefore like to do it always in the match

In 2.0 `MATCH id(n) = id` Should be: `MATCH (n) WHERE id(n) = id` — Ivelin, Mar 05 '14 at 21:45

score 25 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 09 '14 at 15:14

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The two statements are identical. START is the syntax to be used in Neo4j 1.x. From Neo4j 2.0 the MATCH variant should be preferred, maybe START will get deprecated at some future release.

answered Feb 09 '14 at 15:14

Stefan Armbruster

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Do you *know* that `START` is going to be deprecated or is this an assumption? – Byron Ruth Aug 28 '14 at 10:46
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As long as long as legacy indexes are part of the product, `START` will stay. So expect it being there for a long time. – Stefan Armbruster Aug 28 '14 at 11:26
Right. I hope those eventually go as well :) – Byron Ruth Aug 28 '14 at 11:33
In 2.2 `START` will be only working for legacy indexes - for all other cases you have to use `MATCH`. – Stefan Armbruster Feb 19 '15 at 08:35
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@StefanArmbruster It seems that 2.2 will allow START : https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j/pull/3794 – Grégoire C Mar 11 '15 at 13:35

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 18 '14 at 13:01

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MATCH (a:NodeName) where ID(a)= {id} return ID(a), a.name ...////pass id //this is find by node id

answered Jul 18 '14 at 13:01

Armen Arzumanyan

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Neo4j Cypher, START n=node(id) over MATCH id(n)=id

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