# How to store software version numbers?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-store-software-version-numbers/201537>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 29, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-store-software-version-numbers/201537 "2019-09-29T15:09:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![bruce289](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@bruce289](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bruce289)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-store-software-version-numbers/201537/1 "2019-09-29T15:09:16Z")

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Hi,

What is the best practice for storing software version numbers like 6.3.1 or 4.10.2?

None of the field datatypes seem to fit the bill, so my current thinking is to store the major, minor, and patch versions as separate fields. Is there a better way?

Thanks,  
Bruce

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 12:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-store-software-version-numbers/201537/2 "2019-09-30T12:25:15Z")

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Hey,

splitting sounds like a good idea to me... just keep in mind, not all version numbers are semantic and can be longer 🙂

--Alex

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**Author:** ![bruce289](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@bruce289](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bruce289)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-store-software-version-numbers/201537/3 "2019-09-30T21:30:54Z")

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Very true. Thanks, Alexander 👍

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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:** [October 28, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-store-software-version-numbers/201537/4 "2019-10-28T21:30:55Z")

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