to understand the question correctly: is it something like
(a)-[:REL_TYPE*0..1]->(b)
?



Am 12.11.2011 14:40, schrieb Andres Taylor:
> Hey guys,
>
> We have an issue<https://github.com/neo4j/community/issues/92>  on Github
> that's nagging me. In Cypher, you can declare a path by assigning it to an
> identifier, like so:
>
> MATCH p = a-->b
>
> The issue we have is that when the relationship between a and b are
> optional, we might end up with a path that contains at least one null. Now,
> my question is:
>
> a) Should Cypher allow paths (org.neo4j.graphdb.Path) with null in them?
>
> or
>
> b) Should Cypher just not allow you to have optional relationships assigned
> to paths?
>
> WDYT?
>
> Personally, I'm leaning towards b. I don't see an use case that would be
> helped by a, and a introduces problems that I'd like to avoid.
>
> Andrés
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