# How to make a specific edgeNGram query **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 6, 2011, 4:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-a-specific-edgengram-query/5524 "2011-10-06T04:59:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Neil1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@Neil1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Neil1)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 4:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-a-specific-edgengram-query/5524/1 "2011-10-06T04:59:47Z")
I have the following index curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/test/](http://localhost:9200/test/)' -d '{ "settings": { "number\_of\_shards": 1, "number\_of\_replicas": 0 }, ``` "analysis": { "analyzer": { "containsText" : { "tokenizer": "whitespace", "filter": ["asciifolding", "lowercase", "autocomplete"] } }, "filter": { "autocomplete": {"type": "edgeNGram", "min_gram": "1", ``` "max\_gram": "100", "side": "front"} } }, ``` "mappings": { "program" : { "properties" : { "title": {"type" : "string", "store" : "yes", ``` "index" : "analyzed" , "term\_vector" : "with\_positions\_offsets", "analyzer" : "containsText"} } } } }' curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/test/program/1652094](http://localhost:9200/test/program/1652094) -d '{ "title": "James Franco" }' So my question is why does this return a result? curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/test/program/\_search](http://localhost:9200/test/program/_search) -d '{ "query" : { "queryString" : { "default\_field" : "title", "query" : "james i", "analyzer" : "containsText" } } }' I don't want it to since it doesn't match on the last name. What do I need to change to get my expected result? I would like to have my query string analyzed the same way as my indexed string. If it helps -- I was able to do this is solr as such: ``` Thanks, Neil ---
**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:** [October 6, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-a-specific-edgengram-query/5524/2 "2011-10-06T18:45:39Z")
Your index creation is wrong, the analysis part needs to come under the "settings" element. I created a gist that shows it: [gist:1268256 · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/1268256). You might not have seen a proper error response from the create index request because of this bug ( [Malformed REST create index causes the index to still be created · Issue #1359 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1359)). Also, you ask why you get a result for the query you execute. Both with the standard analyzer and the ngram based filter one, you will get a result for it. On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 6:59 AM, Neil [neilmatthewlott@gmail.com](mailto:neilmatthewlott@gmail.com) wrote: > I have the following index > > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/test/](http://localhost:9200/test/)' -d '{ > "settings": { > "number\_of\_shards": 1, > "number\_of\_replicas": 0 > }, > > "analysis": { > "analyzer": { > "containsText" : { > "tokenizer": "whitespace", > "filter": ["asciifolding", "lowercase", "autocomplete"] > } > }, > "filter": { > "autocomplete": {"type": "edgeNGram", "min\_gram": "1", > "max\_gram": "100", "side": "front"} > } > }, > > "mappings": { > "program" : { > "properties" : { > "title": {"type" : "string", "store" : "yes", > "index" : "analyzed" , "term\_vector" : "with\_positions\_offsets", > "analyzer" : "containsText"} > } > } > } > }' > > curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/test/program/1652094](http://localhost:9200/test/program/1652094) -d '{ > "title": "James Franco" > }' > > So my question is why does this return a result? > > curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/test/program/\_search](http://localhost:9200/test/program/_search) -d '{ > "query" : { > "queryString" : { > "default\_field" : "title", > "query" : "james i", > "analyzer" : "containsText" > } > } > }' > > I don't want it to since it doesn't match on the last name. What do I > need to change to get my expected result? > I would like to have my query string analyzed the same way as my > indexed string. > > If it helps -- I was able to do this is solr as such: > > ``` > > ``` > > positionIncrementGap="100"\> > > Thanks, > > Neil ---
**Author:** ![Neil1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@Neil1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Neil1)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-a-specific-edgengram-query/5524/3 "2011-10-06T19:04:57Z")
I'm sorry about goofing up the analysis -- however even when the analyzer is correct -- verified using the mapping: curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/test/](http://localhost:9200/test/)' -d '{ "settings": { "number\_of\_shards": 1, "number\_of\_replicas": 0, "analysis": { "analyzer": { "containsText" : { "tokenizer": "whitespace", "filter": ["asciifolding", "lowercase", "autocomplete"] } }, "filter": { "autocomplete": {"type": "edgeNGram", "min\_gram": "1", "max\_gram": "100", "side": "front"} } } }, "mappings": { "program" : { "properties" : { "title": {"type" : "string", "store" : "yes", "index" : "analyzed" , "term\_vector" : "with\_positions\_offsets", "analyzer" : "containsText"} } } } }' curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/test/program/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/test/program/_mapping)' {"program":{"properties":{"title": {"store":"yes","analyzer":"containsText","term\_vector":"with\_positions\_offsets","type":"string"}}}} curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/test/program/1652094](http://localhost:9200/test/program/1652094) -d '{ "title": "James Franco" }' And I run the following query -- it returns a result. curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/test/program/\_search](http://localhost:9200/test/program/_search) -d '{ "query" : { "queryString" : { "default\_field" : "title", "query" : "james i", "analyzer" : "containsText" } } }' ---
**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:** [October 6, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-a-specific-edgengram-query/5524/4 "2011-10-06T19:09:08Z")
Why shouldn't it return a result? Based on your analyzer definition, it will return a result. Use the analyze API to see what "James Franco" and "james i" get broken to. On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Neil [neilmatthewlott@gmail.com](mailto:neilmatthewlott@gmail.com) wrote: > I'm sorry about goofing up the analysis -- however even when the > analyzer is correct -- verified using the mapping: > > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/test/](http://localhost:9200/test/)' -d '{ > "settings": { > "number\_of\_shards": 1, > "number\_of\_replicas": 0, > "analysis": { > "analyzer": { > "containsText" : { > "tokenizer": "whitespace", > "filter": ["asciifolding", "lowercase", > "autocomplete"] > } > }, > "filter": { > "autocomplete": {"type": "edgeNGram", "min\_gram": > "1", > "max\_gram": "100", "side": "front"} > } > } > }, > "mappings": { > "program" : { > "properties" : { > "title": {"type" : "string", "store" : "yes", > "index" : "analyzed" , "term\_vector" : "with\_positions\_offsets", > "analyzer" : "containsText"} > } > } > } > }' > > curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/test/program/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/test/program/_mapping)' > {"program":{"properties":{"title": > > {"store":"yes","analyzer":"containsText","term\_vector":"with\_positions\_offsets","type":"string"}}}} > > curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/test/program/1652094](http://localhost:9200/test/program/1652094) -d '{ > "title": "James Franco" > }' > > And I run the following query -- it returns a result. > > curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/test/program/\_search](http://localhost:9200/test/program/_search) -d '{ > "query" : { > "queryString" : { > "default\_field" : "title", > "query" : "james i", > "analyzer" : "containsText" > } > } > }' ---
**Author:** ![Neil1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@Neil1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Neil1)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-a-specific-edgengram-query/5524/5 "2011-10-06T20:17:10Z")
Thanks I did. What is happening is that -- "james i" was being broken up into a Boolean Query with two clauses where the occur is set to should: QueryStringQueryParser:184 value of Query object (title:j title:ja title:jam title:jame title:james) title:c This means that if one matched then it would return successful. What I really want to have happen is to have a PhraseQuery which only happens if you surround the query string in quotes. curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/test/program/\_search](http://localhost:9200/test/program/_search) -d '{ "query" : { "queryString" : { "default\_field" : "title", "query" : ""james i"", "analyzer" : "containsText" } } ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-a-specific-edgengram-query/5524/6 "2017-07-06T03:52:40Z")