LIMIT

Overview

The LIMIT statement restricts the maximum number of records to be retained in the intermediate result or output table. A non-negative integer must be specified in the LIMIT statement.

<limit statement> ::= "LIMIT" <non-negative integer>

Example Graph

CREATE GRAPH myGraph { 
  NODE Paper ({title string, score uint32, author string}),
  EDGE Cites ()-[{}]->()
} PARTITION BY HASH(Crc32) SHARDS [1]

INSERT (p1:Paper {_id:'P1', title:'Efficient Graph Search', score:6, author:'Alex'}),
       (p2:Paper {_id:'P2', title:'Optimizing Queries', score:9, author:'Alex'}),
       (p3:Paper {_id:'P3', title:'Path Patterns', score:7, author:'Zack'}),
       (p1)-[:Cites]->(p2),
       (p2)-[:Cites]->(p3)

Limiting Records Returned

MATCH (n:Paper)
RETURN n.title LIMIT 2

Result:

Limiting Records Passed Forward

MATCH (n:Paper) LIMIT 1
MATCH p = (n)->()
RETURN p

Result: p

Limiting Ordered Records

MATCH (n:Paper)
ORDER BY n.title DESC 
LIMIT 1
RETURN n.title

Result: