Expressing has-any-value in the Query DSL

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1

Hiya

If I have a mapping that looks like this:

{
"name": { "type": "string", "index": "analyzed"},
.... more fields ...
}

Is there any way of saying "give me only documents which have a value in
the name field", ie name is not blank.

Would it be:

{
"bool": {
"mustNot": [ { "term": { "name": ""}}]
}
}

That doesn't seem to work.

Would I have to add a new field to the mapping? eg

{ "has_name": { "type": "boolean" }}

thanks

Clint

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2

You can pass a JSON null in the name field when it has no value, and add a
nullValue to the name mapping, for example:

{
"name": { "type": "string", "index": "analyzed", "nullValue":"na"},
.... more fields ...
}

Then, you can search on all the names that have "na".

-shay.banon

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Clinton Gormley
clinton@iannounce.co.ukwrote:

Hiya

If I have a mapping that looks like this:

{
"name": { "type": "string", "index": "analyzed"},
.... more fields ...
}

Is there any way of saying "give me only documents which have a value in
the name field", ie name is not blank.

Would it be:

{
"bool": {
"mustNot": [ { "term": { "name": ""}}]
}
}

That doesn't seem to work.

Would I have to add a new field to the mapping? eg

{ "has_name": { "type": "boolean" }}

thanks

Clint

--
Web Announcements Limited is a company registered in England and Wales,
with company number 05608868, with registered address at 10 Arvon Road,
London, N5 1PR.