# String Comparison is not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/string-comparison-is-not-working/41282>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 9, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/string-comparison-is-not-working/41282 "2016-02-09T14:30:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Rajnikant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rajnikant/32/6490_2.png) [@Rajnikant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rajnikant)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/string-comparison-is-not-working/41282/1 "2016-02-09T14:30:01Z")

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When i query for the integer its working properly.  
but its not working properly for the string.

//Its Working Fine.  
QueryBuilder qb = QueryBuilders.boolQuery()  
.must(QueryBuilders.termQuery("eventiypeid","123"));

//Its Not Working Fine.  
QueryBuilder qb = QueryBuilders.boolQuery()  
.must(QueryBuilders.termQuery("eventtypedescription","Ignition"));

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/string-comparison-is-not-working/41282/2 "2016-02-09T15:45:35Z")

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Try to lowercase Ignition.

If it works, you probably are using the default analyzer.

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**Author:** ![Rajnikant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rajnikant/32/6490_2.png) [@Rajnikant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rajnikant)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/string-comparison-is-not-working/41282/3 "2016-02-10T05:16:06Z")

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Its not working. i used both type of string.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 6:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/string-comparison-is-not-working/41282/4 "2016-02-10T06:09:26Z")

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Can you show your doc and your mapping?

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**Author:** ![Rajnikant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rajnikant/32/6490_2.png) [@Rajnikant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rajnikant)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/string-comparison-is-not-working/41282/5 "2016-02-10T06:10:58Z")

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Its Working Fine With  
MatchQueryBuilder queryBuilder = QueryBuilders.matchQuery("eventtypedescription", "Ignition");

Thanks David

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 6:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/string-comparison-is-not-working/41282/6 "2016-02-10T06:17:13Z")

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I'd fix the mapping then instead of lowercasing

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/string-comparison-is-not-working/41282/7 "2017-07-05T23:17:41Z")

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