# Query on version?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-on-version/6677
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 11, 2012, 6:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-on-version/6677 "2012-02-11T06:49:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Mark\_Waddle](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Waddle)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2012, 6:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-on-version/6677/1 "2012-02-11T06:49:04Z")
Is it possible to query for documents that have a specific version number,
or even better with a range?
This seems to hit all docs
[http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/\_search?q=version:[2+TO+\*]&pretty=true&version=true](http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/_search?q=version:%5B2+TO+*%5D&pretty=true&version=true)
And these hit none
[http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/\_search?q=\_version:[2+TO+\*]&pretty=true&version=true](http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/_search?q=_version:%5B2+TO+*%5D&pretty=true&version=true)
[http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/\_search?q=version:2&pretty=true&version=true](http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/_search?q=version:2&pretty=true&version=true)
[http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/\_search?q=\_version:2&pretty=true&version=true](http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/_search?q=_version:2&pretty=true&version=true)
I know I have at least a handful of docs with version of 2.
Thanks,
Mark
---
### Author:  [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2012, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-on-version/6677/2 "2012-02-11T10:56:12Z")
It is not possible to query on the version number. I asked the same
question a while back.
--
Ivan
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Mark Waddle [mark@markwaddle.com](mailto:mark@markwaddle.com) wrote:
> Is it possible to query for documents that have a specific version number,
> or even better with a range?
>
> This seems to hit all docs
> [http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/\_search?q=version:[2+TO+\*]&pretty=true&version=true](http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/_search?q=version:%5B2+TO+*%5D&pretty=true&version=true)
>
> And these hit none
> [http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/\_search?q=\_version:[2+TO+\*]&pretty=true&version=true](http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/_search?q=_version:%5B2+TO+*%5D&pretty=true&version=true)
> [http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/\_search?q=version:2&pretty=true&version=true](http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/_search?q=version:2&pretty=true&version=true)
> [http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/\_search?q=\_version:2&pretty=true&version=true](http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/_search?q=_version:2&pretty=true&version=true)
>
> I know I have at least a handful of docs with version of 2.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
---
### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-on-version/6677/3 "2012-02-12T15:06:57Z")
As Ivan pointed out, its not possible to do so. Why do you need it?
On Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Ivan Brusic wrote:
> It is not possible to query on the version number. I asked the same
> question a while back.
>
> --
> Ivan
>
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Mark Waddle \<[mark@markwaddle.com](mailto:mark@markwaddle.com) ([mailto:mark@markwaddle.com](mailto:mark@markwaddle.com))\> wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to query for documents that have a specific version number,
> > or even better with a range?
> >
> > This seems to hit all docs
> > [http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/\_search?q=version:[2+TO+\*]&pretty=true&version=true](http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/_search?q=version:%5B2+TO+*%5D&pretty=true&version=true)
> >
> > And these hit none
> > [http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/\_search?q=\_version:[2+TO+\*]&pretty=true&version=true](http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/_search?q=_version:%5B2+TO+*%5D&pretty=true&version=true)
> > [http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/\_search?q=version:2&pretty=true&version=true](http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/_search?q=version:2&pretty=true&version=true)
> > [http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/\_search?q=\_version:2&pretty=true&version=true](http://localhost:9200/patent/grant/_search?q=_version:2&pretty=true&version=true)
> >
> > I know I have at least a handful of docs with version of 2.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mark
---
### Author:  [@Mark\_Waddle](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Waddle)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2012, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-on-version/6677/4 "2012-02-13T08:27:30Z")
Thanks for the responses. I am ingesting a number of documents that have been published over time, some of which are republished. I was hoping I could query on version to see those that have been indexed (published) more than once. Maybe I can use the new indexing feature that allows using script to increment another field?
Mark
---
### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-on-version/6677/5 "2012-02-13T18:31:52Z")
Yes, I see. The update might help, but it only updates, it doesn't index a fresh copy.
On Monday, February 13, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Mark Waddle wrote:
> Thanks for the responses. I am ingesting a number of documents that have been published over time, some of which are republished. I was hoping I could query on version to see those that have been indexed (published) more than once. Maybe I can use the new indexing feature that allows using script to increment another field?
>
> Mark
---
### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-on-version/6677/6 "2017-07-06T03:39:35Z")