Overview

The LIMIT statement restricts the maximum number of records to be retained in the current working table. A non-negative integer must be specified in the LIMIT statement.

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

Example Graph

The following examples run against this graph:

To create this graph, run the following query against an empty graph:

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 {weight:2}]->(p2),
       (p2)-[:Cites {weight:1}]->(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:

Limiting Ordered Records

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

Result: