[TINKERPOP-2508] Support case-insensitive predicates

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 3.4.9
• Component/s: process
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Christopher Smith
• Created: 20/Jan/21 08:37
• Updated: 27/Sep/23 21:01
• Resolved: 27/Sep/23 21:01

Description

As noted, Gremlin has no native means to express case-insensitive text predicates. While I understand the caution shown in not running ahead of the capabilities in various backends, the inability to express even a simple case-insensitive prefix search natively is a major impediment when using platforms like Neptune that entirely disallow lambda operations. Even if the search were entirely unindexed, it would be drastically more efficient to execute a scan-style traversal on the server rather than any of the other potential options.

As an adjunct, "case-insensitive operations" could be listed as a graph feature alongside Computer and Transactions, providing the ability to either prohibit such steps or to slurp locally via strategy.

Issue Links

• duplicates: TINKERPOP-2673 Allow case insensitive searches when using Text Predicates