# External version control with update\_by\_query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/external-version-control-with-update-by-query/214975>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 14, 2020, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/external-version-control-with-update-by-query/214975 "2020-01-14T10:51:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![uddhav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/67e7ee/32.png) [@uddhav](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/uddhav)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/external-version-control-with-update-by-query/214975/1 "2020-01-14T10:51:32Z")

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I have a use-case where I want to have an external version control with update\_by\_query. The same document might get updated a million times so retrying on version conflict is not an option. Any pointers on how to implement this.

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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:** [February 11, 2020, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/external-version-control-with-update-by-query/214975/2 "2020-02-11T10:53:57Z")

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