Enforcing types

Hi,

This is something I have discovered is happening... if I have a "long" type
I can still store numbers such as 2, "4" and 1.2

Then when I retrieve the type is not long but string and float;(

In other words in Java when I examine my values I can have 2 (type long) ,
"4" (type string) , 1.2 (type float)

But if I want to enforce the type at the time of "data entry" can I enforce
only longs are accepted ?

I mean if I try to index "this is a number" I will get a format exception.

So can I force an exception when I try to index "4" instead of 4?

Or better still can ES convert the "4" to 4 (type long)
And the 1.2 converted to 1 (type long)

?

Thanks,

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Did you try to define a mapping for your field?

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Le 1 août 2014 à 17:25:53, eunever32@gmail.com (eunever32@gmail.com) a écrit:

Hi,

This is something I have discovered is happening... if I have a "long" type I can still store numbers such as 2, "4" and 1.2

Then when I retrieve the type is not long but string and float;(

In other words in Java when I examine my values I can have 2 (type long) , "4" (type string) , 1.2 (type float)

But if I want to enforce the type at the time of "data entry" can I enforce only longs are accepted ?

I mean if I try to index "this is a number" I will get a format exception.

So can I force an exception when I try to index "4" instead of 4?

Or better still can ES convert the "4" to 4 (type long)
And the 1.2 converted to 1 (type long)

?

Thanks,

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okay so when I don't have a mapping and I do a GET _mapping it returns this:
{
"test1": {
"mappings": {
"type2": {
"properties": {
"my_int": {
"type": "long"
}
}

Is that not the same as having a mapping?

Then to check the theory I created a mapping as follows:
PUT test2
PUT test2/lll/_mapping
{
"properties": {
"my_int": {
"type": "long"
}
}
}
PUT test2/lll/1
{
"my_int": "1"
}
PUT test2/lll/2
{
"my_int": 2
}
PUT test2/lll/3
{
"my_int": 1.2
}
GET test2/lll/_search

And I get the same results. See bolded below:
{
"took": 2,
"timed_out": false,
"_shards": {
"total": 5,
"successful": 5,
"failed": 0
},
"hits": {
"total": 3,
"max_score": 1,
"hits": [
{
"_index": "test2",
"_type": "lll",
"_id": "1",
"_score": 1,
"_source": {

  •           "my_int": "1"*
          }
       },
       {
          "_index": "test2",
          "_type": "lll",
          "_id": "2",
          "_score": 1,
          "_source": {
    
  •           "my_int": 2*
          }
       },
       {
          "_index": "test2",
          "_type": "lll",
          "_id": "3",
          "_score": 1,
          "_source": {
    
  •           "my_int": 1.2*
          }
       }
    ]
    
    }
    }

So you can see above there are three values: a string, an int and a float
all stored in the long value ???

Thanks,

On Friday, August 1, 2014 4:46:27 PM UTC+1, David Pilato wrote:

Did you try to define a mapping for your field?

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Le 1 août 2014 à 17:25:53, eune...@gmail.com <javascript:> (
eune...@gmail.com <javascript:>) a écrit:

Hi,

This is something I have discovered is happening... if I have a "long"
type I can still store numbers such as 2, "4" and 1.2

Then when I retrieve the type is not long but string and float;(

In other words in Java when I examine my values I can have 2 (type long) ,
"4" (type string) , 1.2 (type float)

But if I want to enforce the type at the time of "data entry" can I
enforce only longs are accepted ?

I mean if I try to index "this is a number" I will get a format exception.

So can I force an exception when I try to index "4" instead of 4?

Or better still can ES convert the "4" to 4 (type long)
And the 1.2 converted to 1 (type long)

?

Thanks,

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The problem happens with java and python api when the typechecking throws
exceptions
For example when we use java to read the values mentioned :

test2/lll/1 my_int = 1 class java.lang.String

test2/lll/2 my_int = 2 class java.lang.Integer

test2/lll/3 my_int = 1.2 class java.lang.Double

So you see the client code will end up doing all kinds of casting

Has anyone got any experience of how to stamp out such problems ?

On Friday, August 1, 2014 6:58:54 PM UTC+1, eune...@gmail.com wrote:

okay so when I don't have a mapping and I do a GET _mapping it returns
this:
{
"test1": {
"mappings": {
"type2": {
"properties": {
"my_int": {
"type": "long"
}
}

Is that not the same as having a mapping?

Then to check the theory I created a mapping as follows:
PUT test2
PUT test2/lll/_mapping
{
"properties": {
"my_int": {
"type": "long"
}
}
}
PUT test2/lll/1
{
"my_int": "1"
}
PUT test2/lll/2
{
"my_int": 2
}
PUT test2/lll/3
{
"my_int": 1.2
}
GET test2/lll/_search

And I get the same results. See bolded below:
{
"took": 2,
"timed_out": false,
"_shards": {
"total": 5,
"successful": 5,
"failed": 0
},
"hits": {
"total": 3,
"max_score": 1,
"hits": [
{
"_index": "test2",
"_type": "lll",
"_id": "1",
"_score": 1,
"_source": {

  •           "my_int": "1"*
          }
       },
       {
          "_index": "test2",
          "_type": "lll",
          "_id": "2",
          "_score": 1,
          "_source": {
    
  •           "my_int": 2*
          }
       },
       {
          "_index": "test2",
          "_type": "lll",
          "_id": "3",
          "_score": 1,
          "_source": {
    
  •           "my_int": 1.2*
          }
       }
    ]
    
    }
    }

So you can see above there are three values: a string, an int and a float
all stored in the long value ???

Thanks,

On Friday, August 1, 2014 4:46:27 PM UTC+1, David Pilato wrote:

Did you try to define a mapping for your field?

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Le 1 août 2014 à 17:25:53, eune...@gmail.com (eune...@gmail.com) a écrit:

Hi,

This is something I have discovered is happening... if I have a "long"
type I can still store numbers such as 2, "4" and 1.2

Then when I retrieve the type is not long but string and float;(

In other words in Java when I examine my values I can have 2 (type long)
, "4" (type string) , 1.2 (type float)

But if I want to enforce the type at the time of "data entry" can I
enforce only longs are accepted ?

I mean if I try to index "this is a number" I will get a format exception.

So can I force an exception when I try to index "4" instead of 4?

Or better still can ES convert the "4" to 4 (type long)
And the 1.2 converted to 1 (type long)

?

Thanks,

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