# Highlighting a text\_phrase\_prefix query **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 9, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-a-text-phrase-prefix-query/5094 "2011-08-09T04:24:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![William\_Schwarzenbac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@William\_Schwarzenbac](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/William_Schwarzenbac)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-a-text-phrase-prefix-query/5094/1 "2011-08-09T04:24:41Z")
I'm trying to get a quick and dirty autocomplete implementation working and thought a decent approach would be to fetch the highlighted phrase for a prefix phrase query and be done with it. However, no highlights are returned for a text\_prefix\_phrase query. An example curl: curl '[http://localhost:9200/test\_index/test\_type/\_search?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/test_index/test_type/_search?pretty=true)' - d '{ "highlight":{ "fields": { "name": {} } }, "query":{ "text\_phrase\_prefix":{ "name": "Walla Wa" } }}' This returns a non-empty result with no highlights. On the other hand, a text\_phrase query returns the highlights. Any help would be appreciated. Cheers, Will ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-a-text-phrase-prefix-query/5094/2 "2011-08-09T09:24:54Z")
Which version are you using? On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 7:24 AM, William Schwarzenbach [wmschwa@gmail.com](mailto:wmschwa@gmail.com)wrote: > I'm trying to get a quick and dirty autocomplete implementation > working and thought a decent approach would be to fetch the > highlighted phrase for a prefix phrase query and be done with it. > However, no highlights are returned for a text\_prefix\_phrase query. An > example curl: > > curl '[http://localhost:9200/test\_index/test\_type/\_search?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/test_index/test_type/_search?pretty=true)' - > d > '{ > "highlight":{ > "fields": { > "name": {} > } > }, > "query":{ > "text\_phrase\_prefix":{ > "name": "Walla Wa" > } > }}' > > This returns a non-empty result with no highlights. On the other hand, > a text\_phrase query returns the highlights. > Any help would be appreciated. > > Cheers, > Will ---
**Author:** ![William\_Schwarzenbac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@William\_Schwarzenbac](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/William_Schwarzenbac)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-a-text-phrase-prefix-query/5094/3 "2011-08-09T17:48:56Z")
Hi Shay, Version is 0.16.2. I'm guessing it's time to upgrade. Thanks, Will On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 2:24 AM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > Which version are you using? > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 7:24 AM, William Schwarzenbach [wmschwa@gmail.com](mailto:wmschwa@gmail.com)wrote: > > > I'm trying to get a quick and dirty autocomplete implementation > > working and thought a decent approach would be to fetch the > > highlighted phrase for a prefix phrase query and be done with it. > > However, no highlights are returned for a text\_prefix\_phrase query. An > > example curl: > > > > curl '[http://localhost:9200/test\_index/test\_type/\_search?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/test_index/test_type/_search?pretty=true)' - > > d > > '{ > > "highlight":{ > > "fields": { > > "name": {} > > } > > }, > > "query":{ > > "text\_phrase\_prefix":{ > > "name": "Walla Wa" > > } > > }}' > > > > This returns a non-empty result with no highlights. On the other hand, > > a text\_phrase query returns the highlights. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Cheers, > > Will ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-a-text-phrase-prefix-query/5094/4 "2011-08-09T18:23:05Z")
Yea, it should be fixed in 0.17. On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 8:48 PM, William Schwarzenbach [wmschwa@gmail.com](mailto:wmschwa@gmail.com)wrote: > Hi Shay, > Version is 0.16.2. I'm guessing it's time to upgrade. > Thanks, > Will > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 2:24 AM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Which version are you using? > > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 7:24 AM, William Schwarzenbach [wmschwa@gmail.com](mailto:wmschwa@gmail.com)wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to get a quick and dirty autocomplete implementation > > > working and thought a decent approach would be to fetch the > > > highlighted phrase for a prefix phrase query and be done with it. > > > However, no highlights are returned for a text\_prefix\_phrase query. An > > > example curl: > > > > > > curl '[http://localhost:9200/test\_index/test\_type/\_search?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/test_index/test_type/_search?pretty=true)' - > > > d > > > '{ > > > "highlight":{ > > > "fields": { > > > "name": {} > > > } > > > }, > > > "query":{ > > > "text\_phrase\_prefix":{ > > > "name": "Walla Wa" > > > } > > > }}' > > > > > > This returns a non-empty result with no highlights. On the other hand, > > > a text\_phrase query returns the highlights. > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Will ---
**Author:** ![William\_Schwarzenbac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@William\_Schwarzenbac](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/William_Schwarzenbac)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-a-text-phrase-prefix-query/5094/5 "2011-08-09T18:33:21Z")
Just tried on 0.17.4. Same behavior. I don't think the release notes mention this problem. Just a note: I've tried with both highlighters by specifying term\_vector on the field in question and by leaving it unspecified. -Will On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > Yea, it should be fixed in 0.17. > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 8:48 PM, William Schwarzenbach [wmschwa@gmail.com](mailto:wmschwa@gmail.com)wrote: > > > Hi Shay, > > Version is 0.16.2. I'm guessing it's time to upgrade. > > Thanks, > > Will > > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 2:24 AM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > Which version are you using? > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 7:24 AM, William Schwarzenbach \<[wmschwa@gmail.com](mailto:wmschwa@gmail.com) > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I'm trying to get a quick and dirty autocomplete implementation > > > > working and thought a decent approach would be to fetch the > > > > highlighted phrase for a prefix phrase query and be done with it. > > > > However, no highlights are returned for a text\_prefix\_phrase query. An > > > > example curl: > > > > > > > > curl '[http://localhost:9200/test\_index/test\_type/\_search?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/test_index/test_type/_search?pretty=true)' - > > > > d > > > > '{ > > > > "highlight":{ > > > > "fields": { > > > > "name": {} > > > > } > > > > }, > > > > "query":{ > > > > "text\_phrase\_prefix":{ > > > > "name": "Walla Wa" > > > > } > > > > }}' > > > > > > > > This returns a non-empty result with no highlights. On the other hand, > > > > a text\_phrase query returns the highlights. > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Will ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-a-text-phrase-prefix-query/5094/6 "2011-08-09T20:41:12Z")
Can you gist a recreation then? Simpler for me to get started at looking at it. On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 9:33 PM, William Schwarzenbach [wmschwa@gmail.com](mailto:wmschwa@gmail.com)wrote: > Just tried on 0.17.4. Same behavior. I don't think the release notes > mention this problem. > > Just a note: I've tried with both highlighters by specifying term\_vector on > the field in question and by leaving it unspecified. > > -Will > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Yea, it should be fixed in 0.17. > > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 8:48 PM, William Schwarzenbach [wmschwa@gmail.com](mailto:wmschwa@gmail.com)wrote: > > > > > Hi Shay, > > > Version is 0.16.2. I'm guessing it's time to upgrade. > > > Thanks, > > > Will > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 2:24 AM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > Which version are you using? > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 7:24 AM, William Schwarzenbach \< > > > > [wmschwa@gmail.com](mailto:wmschwa@gmail.com)\> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to get a quick and dirty autocomplete implementation > > > > > working and thought a decent approach would be to fetch the > > > > > highlighted phrase for a prefix phrase query and be done with it. > > > > > However, no highlights are returned for a text\_prefix\_phrase query. An > > > > > example curl: > > > > > > > > > > ## curl '[http://localhost:9200/test\_index/test\_type/\_search?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/test_index/test_type/_search?pretty=true)' > > > > > > > > > > d > > > > > '{ > > > > > "highlight":{ > > > > > "fields": { > > > > > "name": {} > > > > > } > > > > > }, > > > > > "query":{ > > > > > "text\_phrase\_prefix":{ > > > > > "name": "Walla Wa" > > > > > } > > > > > }}' > > > > > > > > > > This returns a non-empty result with no highlights. On the other hand, > > > > > a text\_phrase query returns the highlights. > > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Will ---
**Author:** ![William\_Schwarzenbac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@William\_Schwarzenbac](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/William_Schwarzenbac)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-a-text-phrase-prefix-query/5094/7 "2011-08-09T21:29:06Z")
Gisted a script: > should work as an end-to-end repro of the issue. Thanks, Will On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > Can you gist a recreation then? Simpler for me to get started at looking at > it. > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 9:33 PM, William Schwarzenbach [wmschwa@gmail.com](mailto:wmschwa@gmail.com)wrote: > > > Just tried on 0.17.4. Same behavior. I don't think the release notes > > mention this problem. > > > > Just a note: I've tried with both highlighters by specifying term\_vector > > on the field in question and by leaving it unspecified. > > > > -Will > > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > Yea, it should be fixed in 0.17. > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 8:48 PM, William Schwarzenbach \<[wmschwa@gmail.com](mailto:wmschwa@gmail.com) > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Shay, > > > > Version is 0.16.2. I'm guessing it's time to upgrade. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Will > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 2:24 AM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > > Which version are you using? > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 7:24 AM, William Schwarzenbach \< > > > > > [wmschwa@gmail.com](mailto:wmschwa@gmail.com)\> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to get a quick and dirty autocomplete implementation > > > > > > working and thought a decent approach would be to fetch the > > > > > > highlighted phrase for a prefix phrase query and be done with it. > > > > > > However, no highlights are returned for a text\_prefix\_phrase query. An > > > > > > example curl: > > > > > > > > > > > > ## curl '[http://localhost:9200/test\_index/test\_type/\_search?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/test_index/test_type/_search?pretty=true)' > > > > > > > > > > > > d > > > > > > '{ > > > > > > "highlight":{ > > > > > > "fields": { > > > > > > "name": {} > > > > > > } > > > > > > }, > > > > > > "query":{ > > > > > > "text\_phrase\_prefix":{ > > > > > > "name": "Walla Wa" > > > > > > } > > > > > > }}' > > > > > > > > > > > > This returns a non-empty result with no highlights. On the other hand, > > > > > > a text\_phrase query returns the highlights. > > > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Will ---
**Author:** ![chenry12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@chenry12](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chenry12)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-a-text-phrase-prefix-query/5094/8 "2012-06-21T22:20:17Z")
Hello, I have the same problems than William. I'm working the elasticsearch version 0.19.4. Is there an error on his script ? or there's a feature not yet implemented ? Thanks, Christophe. On Tuesday, August 9, 2011 11:29:06 PM UTC+2, William Schwarzenbach wrote: > Gisted a script: > > [This is a script to reproduce a highlighting issue with the text\_phrase\_prefix query ยท GitHub](https://gist.github.com/1135250) > > should work as an end-to-end repro of the issue. > > Thanks, > Will ---
**Author:** ![Thomas\_Buechner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@Thomas\_Buechner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thomas_Buechner)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-a-text-phrase-prefix-query/5094/9 "2013-01-24T23:01:08Z")
Hi there, I experience the same problem using the current 20.2.0 release. Is this a bug or is there a conceptual problem? Thanks, Thomas > -- ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Kresse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Martin\_Kresse](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Martin_Kresse)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-a-text-phrase-prefix-query/5094/10 "2013-02-05T13:52:04Z")
I had the same problem with 0.20.2, which disappeared after updating to the current 0.20.4 release. Cheers, Martin On Friday, January 25, 2013 12:01:08 AM UTC+1, Thomas Buechner wrote: > Hi there, > > I experience the same problem using the current 20.2.0 release. Is this a > bug or is there a conceptual problem? > > Thanks, > Thomas > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
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