Cypher Patterns

CypherNeo4j's implementation of GQL, the ISO standard query language for graph databases. It is declarative: you describe the pattern to find, and the database decides how to find it. describes the data you want to find as a pattern, drawn in an ASCII-art style.

• Declarative - you describe the shape of the data, not how to find it
• Parentheses, dashes, and arrows draw nodesA vertex in a graph. In a property graph it can carry labels and properties. and relationshipsA named, directed connection between two nodes. Every relationship has a type, a start node and an end node.