neo4j - Running a case-insensitive cypher query

Question

Is it possible to run a case-insensitive cypher query on neo4j?

Try that: http://console.neo4j.org/

When I type into this:

start n=node(*) 
match n-[]->m 
where (m.name="Neo") 
return m

it returns one row. But when I type into this:

start n=node(*) 
match n-[]->m 
where (m.name="neo") 
return m

it does not return anything; because the name is saved as "Neo". Is there a simple way to run case-insensitive queries?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13439278/running-a-case-insensitive-cypher-query

Answer 1

Yes, by using case insensitive regular expressions:

WHERE m.name =~ '(?i)neo'

https://neo4j.com/docs/cypher-manual/current/clauses/where/#case-insensitive-regular-expressions