# Data types supported by Elastic Search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-types-supported-by-elastic-search/102305>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 29, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-types-supported-by-elastic-search/102305 "2017-09-29T19:35:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![scch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/scch/32/25504_2.png) [@scch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/scch)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-types-supported-by-elastic-search/102305/1 "2017-09-29T19:35:19Z")

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Hi,  
I want to store long messages in one of the field,  
request to through some light on data types supported by ES any recommendation.

thanks in advance.. 🙂

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-types-supported-by-elastic-search/102305/2 "2017-09-29T20:35:47Z")

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The docs are pretty clear and elaborate on this 🙂 [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-types.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-types.html)

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**Author:** ![scch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/scch/32/25504_2.png) [@scch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/scch)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-types-supported-by-elastic-search/102305/3 "2017-10-01T18:01:03Z")

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Thanks.. 🙂 Mark...  
that's useful...

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/number.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/number.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-types-supported-by-elastic-search/102305/4 "2017-10-29T18:01:52Z")

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