# Re: Search on an old version of a record?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/re-search-on-an-old-version-of-a-record/4208
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 10, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/re-search-on-an-old-version-of-a-record/4208 "2011-04-10T18:06:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lukas_Vlcek1)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/re-search-on-an-old-version-of-a-record/4208/1 "2011-04-10T18:06:52Z")
Hi,
I don't think it is possible.
Lukas
Dne 10.4.2011 19:50 "Rob Faraj" [rfaraj@gmail.com](mailto:rfaraj@gmail.com) napsal(a):
> Is it possible to get the contents of previous versions of a document?
> I tried something like this, but it returned the most recent
> \_version.
>
> curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/1?version=2](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/1?version=2)
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### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/re-search-on-an-old-version-of-a-record/4208/2 "2011-04-10T19:57:02Z")
Just verifying what Lukas said, its not possible.
On Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Lukáš VlÄek wrote:
> Hi,
> I don't think it is possible.
> Lukas
> Dne 10.4.2011 19:50 "Rob Faraj" [rfaraj@gmail.com](mailto:rfaraj@gmail.com) napsal(a):
>
> > Is it possible to get the contents of previous versions of a document?
> > I tried something like this, but it returned the most recent
> > \_version.
> >
> > curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/1?version=2](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/1?version=2)
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### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/re-search-on-an-old-version-of-a-record/4208/3 "2011-04-10T20:43:50Z")
You can certainly implement it yourself if you want, i.e. index those changes as documents.
On Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 11:41 PM, Rob Faraj wrote:
> Thanks. I was thinking about using it to display the a historical view
> of document changes. Might be handy in troubleshooting situations
> also. Regardless, just a nice to have.
>
> On Apr 10, 3:57 pm, Shay Banon [shay.ba...@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.ba...@elasticsearch.com) wrote:
>
> > Just verifying what Lukas said, its not possible.
> >
> > On Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Lukáš VlÄek wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > I don't think it is possible.
> > > Lukas
> > > Dne 10.4.2011 19:50 "Rob Faraj" [rfa...@gmail.com](mailto:rfa...@gmail.com) napsal(a):
> > >
> > > > Is it possible to get the contents of previous versions of a document?
> > > > I tried something like this, but it returned the most recent
> > > > \_version.
> >
> > > > curl -XGEThttp://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/1?version=2
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### Author:  [@Barsk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Barsk)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/re-search-on-an-old-version-of-a-record/4208/4 "2011-04-12T07:53:56Z")
Hi Rob,
I was into this pitfall myself. It seems the version attribute is used
for handling concurrent updates to the record. So it is kind of a
locking scheme.
I would have preferred a different name for the attribute to not
confuse users (myself included :)). If it were named lockid it would be
more intuitive I think. Just a thought.
Rob Faraj skrev 2011-04-10 19:50:
> Is it possible to get the contents of previous versions of a document?
> I tried something like this, but it returned the most recent
> \_version.
>
> curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/1?version=2](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/1?version=2)
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### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2011, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/re-search-on-an-old-version-of-a-record/4208/5 "2011-04-12T09:09:31Z")
Thats how its named in all other systems I know, including optimistic concurrency control with databases.
On Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Kristian Jörg wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
> I was into this pitfall myself. It seems the version attribute is used
> for handling concurrent updates to the record. So it is kind of a
> locking scheme.
> I would have preferred a different name for the attribute to not
> confuse users (myself included :)). If it were named lockid it would be
> more intuitive I think. Just a thought.
>
> Rob Faraj skrev 2011-04-10 19:50:
>
> > Is it possible to get the contents of previous versions of a document?
> > I tried something like this, but it returned the most recent
> > \_version.
> >
> > curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/1?version=2](http://localhost:9200/twitter/tweet/1?version=2)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/re-search-on-an-old-version-of-a-record/4208/6 "2017-07-06T04:08:30Z")