# Querystring search: Tokens are out of order **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 14, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querystring-search-tokens-are-out-of-order/23238 "2015-04-14T19:03:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 8:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querystring-search-tokens-are-out-of-order/23238/5 "2015-04-15T08:32:37Z")
You understanding is correct. The former will be translated into a Lucene phrase query, which uses the term doc positions to find matches. Both query terms are analyzed, but the latter will simply be a bag-of-words query, which ignores positions. Cheers, Ivan On Apr 14, 2015 10:38 PM, "Dave Reed" [infinity88@gmail.com](mailto:infinity88@gmail.com) wrote: > To perhaps answer my own question, I think I understand the difference. > > details:"foo bar" > > Would search for the tokens in the same order (implied by the docs I > referenced). But > > details:foo-bar > > Would not honor the order. The quotes have more meaning than to enclose > the phrase... if that is true then these two queries are not the same, > which is different than I thought: > > details:foo\ bar > != > details:"foo bar" > > Or am I barking up the wrong tree... > > On Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 1:34:28 PM UTC-7, Dave Reed wrote: > > > Thanks, though unless I am misunderstanding it, the docs imply otherwise: > > > > For example, from: > > [Elasticsearch Guide | Elastic](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/) > > current/query-dsl-query-string-query.html > > > > The query string is parsed into a series of _terms_ and _operators_. A > > > > > term can be a single word — quick or brown — or a phrase, surrounded by > > > double quotes — "quick brown" — which searches for all the words in the > > > phrase, in the same order. > > > > So what gives? 🙂 > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b28591e3-3818-4b12-8a22-cac466c9ec7c%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b28591e3-3818-4b12-8a22-cac466c9ec7c%40googlegroups.com) > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b28591e3-3818-4b12-8a22-cac466c9ec7c%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b28591e3-3818-4b12-8a22-cac466c9ec7c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > . > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CALY%3DcQBZOjqZ6xU8Y2%3Dh6BmBWOqms53yrix5eJsWXq9E6meYbg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CALY%3DcQBZOjqZ6xU8Y2%3Dh6BmBWOqms53yrix5eJsWXq9E6meYbg%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querystring-search-tokens-are-out-of-order/23238)._