Yes, that's true.
 
cross path meant from different segments of the path.

Michael

Am 21.01.2014 um 18:37 schrieb Javad Karabi <[email protected]>:

> ah... i think i know what you mean.
> that is, that i am comparing me.birth_year, and other.birth_year, both of 
> which were part of the same path, so splitting it up like you did (via the 
> WITH me.birth_year) did the trick?
> 
> On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 11:31:24 AM UTC-6, Javad Karabi wrote:
> Michael, awesome, thank you.
> 
> just to make sure I understand correctly, in this case, when you say 'cross 
> path comparison',
> what are the 2 paths you are referring to?
> 
> 
> On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 11:21:32 AM UTC-6, Michael Hunger wrote:
> Right, cross path comparisons are not yet used to shortcut path-finding
> 
> so if you rewrite your query to this, it will actually filter down the paths 
> eagerly
> 
> MATCH (me:Member {id: 11700})
> WITH me, me.birth_year as birth_year
> MATCH 
> (me)-[ra:preferred_store]->(s)<-[rb:preferred_store]-(other)-[rc:ordered]->()<-[rd:product]-(sv:StyleVariant)
> WHERE abs(other.birth_year - birth_year ) <  {age_difference_range} AND 
> sv.cached_available = 1
> ....
> 
> 
> 
> Am 21.01.2014 um 18:19 schrieb Javad Karabi <[email protected]>:
> 
>> Michael, I apologize, I will send you a copy of the query + profile too.
>> In my actual query, I am using a parameter of the cypher query:
>> WHERE other.birth_year > (me.birth_year - {age_difference_range})
>>       AND other.birth_year < (me.birth_year + {age_difference_range})
>> 
>> here is the relevant profile portion:
>> Filter
>>   pred="(((Property(other,birth_year(66)) > 
>> Subtract(Property(me,birth_year(66)),Literal(10)) AND 
>> Property(other,birth_year(66)) < 
>> Add(Property(me,birth_year(66)),Literal(10))) AND 
>> Property(sv,cached_available(71)) == Literal(1)) AND 
>> hasLabel(sv:StyleVariant(13)))", 
>>   _rows=47,
>>   _db_hits=4860
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 11:11:57 AM UTC-6, Michael Hunger wrote:
>> The problem is cross-path expressions, which are not yet handled in that 
>> manner
>> 
>> for simple expressions that only contain a single piece of the path (node, 
>> rel) and things that have been evaluated before (parameters, literals, 
>> previous computations) WILL be used to shortcut the path evaluation.
>> 
>> but if you do: n1--n2--n3
>> 
>> and then WHERE n2.foo > n1.bar it will be only applied AFTER the path
>> 
>> if you do: WHERE n1.foo > 10 it will be applied DURING the path traversal
>> 
>> HTH
>> 
>> Michael
>> 
>> Am 21.01.2014 um 18:08 schrieb Javad Karabi <[email protected]>:
>> 
>>> You will notice:
>>> "WHERE (Property(NodeIdentifier(),cached_available(71)) == Literal(1)" in 
>>> the TraversalMatcher() portion, the very first function of the profile..
>>> 
>>> I believe that this is what is meant when the documentation says that the 
>>> WHERE clause is not done after, (therefore during) the matching process.
>>> 
>>> However, you will also notice that immediately following that function, is 
>>> Filter(), which is then filtering based on the ">" and "<" predicates of 
>>> the query.
>>> 
>>> obviously, the best case scenario would be if the ">" and "<" tests 
>>> occurred inside TraversalMatcher(), i think
>>> 
>>> On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 11:06:06 AM UTC-6, Javad Karabi wrote:
>>> Mark, I have emailed you the query and profile for both cases.
>>> 
>>> On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 10:55:03 AM UTC-6, Javad Karabi wrote:
>>> Mark, I would be happy to. Give me a moment and I will post them.
>>> 
>>> Michael, 
>>> Kernel version
>>> 
>>> neo4j-browser, version: 2.0.0
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 10:49:37 AM UTC-6, Michael Hunger wrote:
>>> Java, what version are you using?
>>> 
>>> 2.0 final?
>>> 
>>> Michael
>>> 
>>> Am 21.01.2014 um 17:29 schrieb Javad Karabi <[email protected]>:
>>> 
>>>> from what I can tell, if there where clause is ">" or "<" (as it is in the 
>>>> actual query which i am using, not in this example query...) then the 
>>>> WHERE predicate _is in fact_ a filter, applied _after_ the match. It looks 
>>>> to me that "TraversalMatcher()" does not apply predicates which involve > 
>>>> or <, but instead delegates this to "Filter()" after the fact, which does 
>>>> not correlate with what is stated on the documentation.
>>>> 
>>>> On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 10:25:41 AM UTC-6, Javad Karabi wrote:
>>>> (c:Customer)-[:ordered]->(p:Product)-[:category]->(:Category)
>>>> 
>>>> Now, say that there are 2:
>>>> c-[:ordered]->(:Product { name: "pants", quantity: 10})
>>>> c-[:ordered]->(:Product { name: "shirt",   quantity: 5})
>>>> 
>>>> Now, say that if I only want to cross the category relationship if the 
>>>> p.quantity > 6
>>>> 
>>>> In the most basic way, I would do:
>>>> 
>>>> (c:Customer)-[:ordered]->(p:Product)-[:category]->(cat:Category)
>>>> WHERE p.quantity > 6
>>>> 
>>>> However, I figured that maybe neo4j would (non-optimally) traverse the 
>>>> entire path _then_ filter where on top of the path.
>>>> 
>>>> So what I did was:
>>>> 
>>>> MATCH (c:Customer)-[:ordered]->(p:Product)
>>>> WHERE p.quantity > 6
>>>> WITH p
>>>> MATCH p-[:category]->(cat:Category)
>>>> 
>>>> This, I figured, would then allow neo4j to cross out to all the product 
>>>> nodes, as I would need them anyway in order to filter out the ones which 
>>>> have a quantity of less than 6.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Now... finally to my question.
>>>> The following URL:
>>>> http://docs.neo4j.org/chunked/stable/query-match.html
>>>> states that:
>>>> WHERE defines the MATCH patterns in more detail. The predicates are part 
>>>> of the pattern description, not a filter applied after the matching is 
>>>> done. 
>>>> 
>>>> So, my question is, if the predicates (specifically p.quantity > 6) are 
>>>> part of the pattern description, and _not_ applied _after_ matching 
>>>> (therefore applied before or during), then cutting the query with the 
>>>> WITHs would be a moot point
>>>> 
>>>> So, I would think that 
>>>> 
>>>> (c:Customer)-[:ordered]->(p:Product)-[:category]->(cat:Category)
>>>> WHERE p.quantity > 6
>>>> 
>>>> would be sufficient, , as neo4j _would not_ actually traverse to cat, 
>>>> since it would apply the filter during the match process.
>>>> 
>>>> However, in practice, I notice that using WITH is actually faster. Is 
>>>> there any possible reason for this?
>>>> It may be necessary for me to show my query exactly, I also have the 
>>>> profile data for the query, which I am currently analyzing
>>>> 
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