How to return relationship type with Neo4J's Cypher queries?
I am trying to get the relationship type of a very simple Cypher query, like the following
MATCH (n)-[r]-(m) RETURN n, r, m;
Unfortunately this return an empty object for r. This is troublesome since I can't distinguish between the different types of relationships. I can monkey patch this by adding a property like [r:KNOWS {type:'KNOWS'}] but I am wondering if there isn't a direct way to get the relationship type.
I even followed the official Neo4J tutorial (as described below), demonstrating the problem.
Graph Setup:
create (_0 {`age`:55, `happy`:"Yes!", `name`:"A"})
create (_1 {`name`:"B"})
create _0-[:`KNOWS`]->_1
create _0-[:`BLOCKS`]->_1
Query:
MATCH p=(a { name: "A" })-[r]->(b)
RETURN *
JSON RESPONSE BODY:
{
"results": [
{
"columns": [
"a",
"b",
"p",
"r"
],
"data": [
{
"row": [
{
"name": "A",
"age": 55,
"happy": "Yes!"
},
{
"name": "B"
},
[
{
"name": "A",
"age": 55,
"happy": "Yes!"
},
{},
{
"name": "B"
}
],
{}
]
},
{
"row": [
{
"name": "A",
"age": 55,
"happy": "Yes!"
},
{
"name": "B"
},
[
{
"name": "A",
"age": 55,
"happy": "Yes!"
},
{},
{
"name": "B"
}
],
{}
]
}
]
}
],
"errors": []
}
As you can see, I get an empty object for r, which makes it impossible to distinguish between the relationships.
NOTE: I am running Neo4J v.2.2.2
Answer
Use the type() function.
MATCH (n)-[r]-(m) RETURN type(r);