# Range Query **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 27, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/range-query/5463 "2011-09-27T13:02:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ghosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@ghosh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ghosh)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/range-query/5463/1 "2011-09-27T13:02:52Z")
Hello, I wonder why the Range Query doesnt seem to work properly. What am I doing wrong? I'm using the ES-Head-GUI and doing a simple range query on a field from 1 to 499. The result now also contains values like 1799. It seems ElasticSearch is doing a string comparison. The value, however, is clearly integer as can be seen if I set ESHead to return the results as JSON. Numbers are not quoted and appear in blue. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![ghosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@ghosh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ghosh)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/range-query/5463/2 "2011-09-27T13:37:51Z")
Nevermind. You can ignore this. I recreated the database from scratch and the problem went away. I suppose this is because a different mapping as string was automatically created earlier. This is still a bit confusing IMO - especially as there is currently no GUI for those mappings AFAICT. ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/range-query/5463/3 "2011-09-27T22:22:19Z")
You can see the mappings for a specific type using the get mappings API. On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:37 PM, ghosh [ghosh@q-one.eu](mailto:ghosh@q-one.eu) wrote: > Nevermind. You can ignore this. I recreated the database from scratch and > the problem went away. I suppose this is because a different mapping as > string was automatically created earlier. This is still a bit confusing IMO > > - especially as there is currently no GUI for those mappings AFAICT. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/range-query/5463/4 "2017-07-06T03:53:26Z")