Not able to create a node with special characters "-" in neo4j

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I am trying to create a node in neo4j(version 3.2.3). Below is the cypher query,

MERGE (`source-real-address`:SOURCE {Source:{`source-real-address`}})

I found in forums to create a node with special characters we should use

backticks `

in the query. But I couldn't able to create a node with backticks. No error were thrown in the logs.

Could you please help me to resolve this?

Please correct me if I am doing anything wrong in the cypher query. I am started to understand neo4j cypher query language.

Note:- I am sending data to neo4j from graylog with the help of neo4j output plugin. I could able to create node without special character fields.

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2 Answers

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The syntax {Source:{`source-real-address`}}) means that you are trying to use a param named source-real-address as the value of the property Source. If this is your goal, you can set a param in the Neo4j Browser for test purposes with :params {"source-real-address":"Some value"}. If not, you can remove the extra { and } in the value and use "" instead of backticks, like this:

MERGE (source-real-address:SOURCE {Source:"source-real-address"})

Remeber that the value of a property should be Boolean, Integer, Float or String.

In Cypher backticks are used to create relationships, labels and variable names with special chars (not for property values).