Queries

This section provides a brief overview of the core concepts of a Cypher^® query (nodes, relationships, and paths), and examples of how to query a Neo4j graph database. It also explains how to select the version of Cypher in which queries are run, and how to compose combined queries using UNION.

Core concepts
Basic queries
Select Cypher version
Combined queries (UNION)

Cypher 25 introduces conditional and sequential queries. For more information, see the following pages in the Cypher 25 Manual:

Conditional queries (WHEN)
Sequential queries (NEXT)