# Issue: Error: failed to compare string that has uppercase letters as value of a field in search query with match

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-error-failed-to-compare-string-that-has-uppercase-letters-as-value-of-a-field-in-search-query-with-match/146961>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 2, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-error-failed-to-compare-string-that-has-uppercase-letters-as-value-of-a-field-in-search-query-with-match/146961 "2018-09-02T01:23:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gobinda\_Senchury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@Gobinda\_Senchury](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gobinda_Senchury)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-error-failed-to-compare-string-that-has-uppercase-letters-as-value-of-a-field-in-search-query-with-match/146961/1 "2018-09-02T01:23:09Z")

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Didn't understand the **exact term** part in this thread as ES has field value saved with uppercase character.

> <https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/33334>

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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:** [September 30, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-error-failed-to-compare-string-that-has-uppercase-letters-as-value-of-a-field-in-search-query-with-match/146961/2 "2018-09-30T01:23:13Z")

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Closed on September 30, 2018, 1:23am UTC

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