# Query DSL Help

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-dsl-help/3839>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 29, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-dsl-help/3839 "2011-01-29T22:05:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sky\_stebnicki](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sky_stebnicki/32/3277_2.png) [@sky\_stebnicki](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sky_stebnicki)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-dsl-help/3839/1 "2011-01-29T22:05:04Z")

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Hi all, I'm a pretty experienced SQL programmer but totally new to Query DSL and having a little trouble wrapping my mind around the way things are structured. Could someone please show me how you would write the following as a filter?

select \* from users where  
name='test'  
and status='active'  
and (state='registered' or state='pending')

Thanks so much for your help!

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**Author:** ![Jens\_vdH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee59a6/32.png) [@Jens\_vdH](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jens_vdH)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-dsl-help/3839/2 "2011-05-13T13:41:57Z")

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That's exactly a question I'm very interested to get an answer on, too.

Any Ideas there?

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-dsl-help/3839/3 "2017-07-06T04:06:17Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 4:06am UTC