Slicing by uuid

[ghost]

Given that I have a list of nodes, in this case retrieved from ga.timetree.events.range(start, end) and ordered in descending order based on the timestamp, is it possible to slice that list using a WHERE clause and a comparison operator to retrieve all the nodes after a specific uuid?

crude ex: posts = [ ({uuid: "1sdasda"}), ({uuid: "232erads"}), ({uuid: "asdas3"}), ({uuid: "4asdas"}) ]

WITH posts WHERE posts.uuid > "232erads"

expecting: posts = [ ({uuid: "asdas3"}), ({uuid: "4asdas"}) ]

I tried it with the neo4j explorer and the results were a bit inconsistent so I wanted to see if it's officially possible or not. If not, are there any recommended paths to a solution?

[ikwattro]

I tried the following and the results are as expected :

neo4j-sh (?)$ MATCH (n) DETACH DELETE n;
+-------------------+
| No data returned. |
+-------------------+
Nodes deleted: 4
30 ms
neo4j-sh (?)$ WITH ["1sdasda","232erads","asdas3","4asdas"] as uuids
> UNWIND uuids as uuid
> CREATE (n:Node {uuid: uuid});
+-------------------+
| No data returned. |
+-------------------+
Nodes created: 4
Properties set: 4
Labels added: 4
16 ms
neo4j-sh (?)$ MATCH (n:Node) WHERE n.uuid > "232erads" RETURN n;
+---------------------------+
| n                         |
+---------------------------+
| Node[8198]{uuid:"asdas3"} |
| Node[8199]{uuid:"4asdas"} |
+---------------------------+
2 rows
24 ms
neo4j-sh (?)$

What have you tried exactly and what do you mean by inconsistent ?

[ghost]

My mistake, I was ordering in descending order by a timestamp and selecting the topmost uuid to slice with, expecting to receive 0 rows. In another test I ordered by UUID and it performed as expected.

Would probably be helpful to others if this capability was added to your Cypher docs.

Thank you for the example btw!

[ikwattro]

How to use ORDER BY is part of the Neo4j Cypher documentation