# Range query input type string vs numeric

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/range-query-input-type-string-vs-numeric/249211>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 19, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/range-query-input-type-string-vs-numeric/249211 "2020-09-19T12:08:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![bnarang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bnarang/32/50344_2.png) [@bnarang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bnarang)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/range-query-input-type-string-vs-numeric/249211/1 "2020-09-19T12:08:00Z")

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Is there a negative impact on using a string input type vs numeric input type on the search query?  
For e.g. below in second example, quoted 10

```auto
{
  "query": {
    "range": {
      "age": {
        "gte": 10
      }
    }
  }
}

```

vs.

```auto
{
  "query": {
    "range": {
      "age": {
        "gte": "10"
        }
    }
  }
}

```

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/range-query-input-type-string-vs-numeric/249211/2 "2020-09-20T22:05:37Z")

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The only impact should be if it contains something that isn't numeric, ie a string.

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**Author:** ![bnarang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bnarang/32/50344_2.png) [@bnarang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bnarang)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 6:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/range-query-input-type-string-vs-numeric/249211/3 "2020-09-21T06:08:33Z")

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Thanks for the reply. Do you mean, if the underlying data stored isn't numeric? for e.g. in this case, age is stored as "string" type and I am providing a range query?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/range-query-input-type-string-vs-numeric/249211/4 "2020-09-21T06:12:27Z")

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Yeh, that's not ideal.

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**Author:** ![bnarang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bnarang/32/50344_2.png) [@bnarang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bnarang)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/range-query-input-type-string-vs-numeric/249211/5 "2020-09-28T09:15:06Z")

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Thanks for confirming

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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:** [October 26, 2020, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/range-query-input-type-string-vs-numeric/249211/6 "2020-10-26T09:15:18Z")

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Closed on October 26, 2020, 9:15am UTC

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