Handling escape character (\) in Neo4j Cypher Query

Question

Is there any way to ingest data with backslash (\) character into Neo4j without replacing it with double backslash (\\)

Is it OK to change your input string some other way, or do you want to avoid changing it in any way? — cybersam, Dec 21 '17 at 18:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 22 '17 at 11:05

The \ is the escape character in Neo4j, so if you want use it as a character you need to escape it by double it, ie \\.

There is no way to avoid this...

But, it can be totally transparent for you if you use a parameterized query : Neo4j's driver will escape all specific characters of yours parameters

1 Answers1