# Query string ignore empty param

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-ignore-empty-param/203440>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 14, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-ignore-empty-param/203440 "2019-10-14T11:47:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![laigood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/laigood/32/30060_2.png) [@laigood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/laigood)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-ignore-empty-param/203440/1 "2019-10-14T11:47:24Z")

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Index doc like:

> curl -XPOST -d '{  
> "id": "1",  
> "test": "test"  
> }' "[http://ip](http://ip):port/test/test/1"

and search like:

> [http://ip](http://ip):port/test/\_search?q=id:"1" AND test:""

can match the document,why the test:"" condition ignore by es？i test it in es 5.6.8 and 5.6.16 and 6.5.3，the same.but in 7.3.1 it cant reproduction

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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:** [November 11, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-ignore-empty-param/203440/2 "2019-11-11T11:47:24Z")

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