how do I delete duplicate relationships between two nodes with cypher?
cypher, neo4j
Solution
To do this for two known nodes:
start n=node(1), m=node(2) match (n)-[r]->(m)
with n,m,type(r) as t, tail(collect(r)) as coll
foreach(x in coll | delete x)
To do this globally for all relationships (be warned this operation might be very expensive depending on the size of your graph):
start r=relationship(*)
match (s)-[r]->(e)
with s,e,type(r) as typ, tail(collect(r)) as coll
foreach(x in coll | delete x)
Problem
When I run this query: ``` START n1=node(7727), n2=node(7730) MATCH n1-[r:SKILL]->n2 RETURN r ``` it gives me a list of duplicate relationships that I have between the two nodes. what do I add to the cypher query to iterate over the relationship to keep one relationship and delete the rest?