Neo4j Cypher order by

Question

example query

START
  n = node(*)
RETURN
  n
ORDER BY
  n.activeTo DESC

But n.activeTo = 0 mean active at the moment. This rows should be first. In SQL order is

ORDER BY
  IF(activeTo = 0, 0, 1) ASC,
  activeTo DESC

How to write it in Cypher ?

Answer 1

You can use a CASE clause in your ORDER BY clause:

START
  n = node(*)
RETURN
  n
ORDER BY
  CASE n.activeTo WHEN 0 THEN 0 ELSE 1 END ASC,
  n.activeTo DESC

I set up an example console here .