# Query\_string is case sensitive **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 30, 2018, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-is-case-sensitive/138054 "2018-06-30T08:05:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skrudox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Skrudox](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Skrudox)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-is-case-sensitive/138054/1 "2018-06-30T08:05:57Z")
``` { "query":{ "bool":{ "must":[ { "query_string":{ "query":"*sony*", "analyze_wildcard":true, "default_field":"title" } } ] } } } ``` should this query above be case-insensitive? but in fact it is case-sensitive, is there any parameter I should add to make it case-insensitive? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-is-case-sensitive/138054/2 "2018-06-30T09:16:11Z")
I'd not use anything like a wildcard query. See [Wildcard query | Elasticsearch Guide [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-wildcard-query.html) > Note that this query can be slow, as it needs to iterate over many terms. In order to prevent extremely slow wildcard queries, a wildcard term should not start with one of the wildcards \* or ?. Coming back to your question, [documentation says](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.3/query-dsl-query-string-query.html) about `analyze_wildcard`: > By default, wildcards terms in a query string are not analyzed. By setting this value to true, a best effort will be made to analyze those as well. ---
**Author:** ![Skrudox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Skrudox](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Skrudox)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-is-case-sensitive/138054/3 "2018-06-30T09:17:14Z")
that best effort - means that it will search for entries with upper and lower case? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-is-case-sensitive/138054/4 "2018-06-30T09:18:39Z")
Depends on the analyzer you have for the fields I guess. What did you try so far and what does it give as a result? ---
**Author:** ![Skrudox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Skrudox](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Skrudox)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-is-case-sensitive/138054/5 "2018-06-30T09:19:37Z")
I am trying to make it from the query side, not touching the inside backend-server settings cause they are mixed with django-haystack and I'am not sure on how it really works on the internal, and I didnt found anything about case-sensivity on the documentation, thats why I'am asking it here, does it even possible to make it case-insensitive at this way using only this query? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-is-case-sensitive/138054/6 "2018-06-30T09:32:18Z")
I did not try myself as never ever I'm using wildcard queries. What did you try so far and what is the result? Could you provide a full recreation script as described in [About the Elasticsearch category](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21). It will help to better understand what you are doing. Please, try to keep the example as simple as possible. A full reproduction script will help readers to understand, reproduce and if needed fix your problem. ---
**Author:** ![Skrudox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Skrudox](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Skrudox)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-is-case-sensitive/138054/7 "2018-06-30T09:34:11Z")
the query above it is what I've tried, and my only question is how to force it search case-insensitive from the query side, thats all I ask, the only result is that does not return entries that are with different case, what isn't clear in my question? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-is-case-sensitive/138054/8 "2018-06-30T10:05:57Z")
Nothing is unclear. I totally understand the question. I don't have the answer and to get an answer I need to reproduce the problem. To do that I need a script I can paste in Kibana to play around with your use case. Again, I don't recommend doing the way you are doing it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-is-case-sensitive/138054/9 "2018-07-28T10:06:01Z")
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