# Query with match and wildcard
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-with-match-and-wildcard/187325
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [June 25, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-with-match-and-wildcard/187325 "2019-06-25T12:13:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@kay-is](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kay-is)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-with-match-and-wildcard/187325/1 "2019-06-25T12:13:45Z")
I have some tagged images in my Elasticsearch and want to query them with a wildcard and an exact match.
```auto
POST images/image
{
"fileName": "1319410514097402934+test",
"tags": ["someTag", "someOtherTag"]
}
POST images/_search
{
"query": {
"bool": {
"must": { "wildcard": { "fileName": "*test" },
"filter": { "match": { "tags": ["someTag"] } }
}
}
}
```
But I'm getting the following error:
```auto
{
"type": "illegal_state_exception",
"reason": "Can't get text on a START_ARRAY at 1:79"
}
```
How do I fix this?
---
### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-with-match-and-wildcard/187325/2 "2019-06-25T13:18:56Z")
Try this:
```auto
POST images/_search
{
"query": {
"bool": {
"must": [{ "wildcard": { "fileName": "*test" }],
"filter": [{ "match": { "tags": ["someTag"] } }]
}
}
}
```
BTW this is scary to run: `{ "wildcard": { "fileName": "*test" }`. Unless you like slow queries, don't do that.
---
### Author:  [@kay-is](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kay-is)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-with-match-and-wildcard/187325/3 "2019-06-25T13:32:59Z")
Thanks, I will try this 🙂
> BTW this is scary to run: `{ "wildcard": { "fileName": "*test" }` . Unless you like slow queries, don't do that.
What should I do instead?
---
### Author:  [@kay-is](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kay-is)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-with-match-and-wildcard/187325/4 "2019-06-26T14:35:40Z")
Your query didn't work. 🙁
I'm still getting the array error:
```
{
"type": "illegal_state_exception",
"reason": "Can't get text on a START_ARRAY at 1:82"
}
```
Sent this:
```auto
{
"query": {
"bool": {
"must": [
{
"wildcard": {
"fileName": "*test"
}
}
],
"filter": [
{
"match": {
"tags": [
"no"
]
}
}
]
}
}
}
```
---
### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-with-match-and-wildcard/187325/5 "2019-06-26T15:18:12Z")
The match query is incorrect.
```auto
GET _search
{
"query": {
"bool": {
"must": [
{
"wildcard": {
"fileName": "*test"
}
}
],
"filter": [
{
"match": {
"tags": "no"
}
}
]
}
}
}
```
---
### Author:  [@kay-is](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kay-is)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-with-match-and-wildcard/187325/6 "2019-06-26T15:31:51Z")
I see, so I "have to" use `"tags": "no"` for one value in the array and `"tags": ["no", "people"]` for multiple ones?
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-with-match-and-wildcard/187325/7 "2019-06-26T15:47:06Z")
Multiple match queries I'd say.
---
### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-with-match-and-wildcard/187325/8 "2019-07-24T15:47:06Z")
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