# Unable to get the results when searchtext containing spaces

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-get-the-results-when-searchtext-containing-spaces/8042>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 11, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-get-the-results-when-searchtext-containing-spaces/8042 "2012-06-11T13:14:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aruna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@Aruna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aruna)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-get-the-results-when-searchtext-containing-spaces/8042/1 "2012-06-11T13:14:20Z")

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Hi,  
I have installed elasticsearch-river-couchdb and node  
elasticsearchclient. Now i am searching data in couchdb using node  
elasticsearchclient. I have JSON structure like this,

{  
first\_name: "aruna vennapusa",  
interests: [ {name: "pets", level: 5},  
{topic: "es", degree: "strong"}  
] ,  
designation: "SE",  
company: "DOM",  
salary: 200000  
}

and i have written code like this,  
var searchText="aruna";  
testSearch = function() {  
var qryObj = {  
"size" : 50,  
"query" : {  
"wildcard" : {  
"\_all" :searchText  
}  
}  
};  
elasticSearchClient.search("test", "",qryObj, size)  
.on('data', function(data) {  
console.log("Search: "+data)  
assert.ok(JSON.parse(data), "testSearch failed.")  
})  
.exec()  
}

If i search for aruna i am able to get the data. but if the part of  
the searchText contains space, i am unable to get the results. suppose  
searchText is "aruna vennapusa". please anyone suggest me to to get  
those results.

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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:** [June 11, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-get-the-results-when-searchtext-containing-spaces/8042/2 "2012-06-11T20:32:56Z")

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The field first name is tokenized in two terms aruna and vennapusa  
You can search for "aruna vennapusa" with a text query

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But not with wildcard as it's not analyzed.

If you really want to use wildcard you will have to change the mapping for  
this field, setting it to index: not\_analyzed

David.

> -----Message d'origine-----  
> De : [elasticsearch@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com)  
> [[mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com)] De la part de Aruna  
> Envoyé : lundi 11 juin 2012 15:14  
> À : elasticsearch  
> Objet : unable to get the results when searchtext containing spaces
> 
> Hi,  
> I have installed elasticsearch-river-couchdb and node  
> elasticsearchclient. Now i am searching data in couchdb using node  
> elasticsearchclient. I have JSON structure like this,
> 
> {  
> first\_name: "aruna vennapusa",  
> interests: [ {name: "pets", level: 5},  
> {topic: "es", degree: "strong"}  
> ] ,  
> designation: "SE",  
> company: "DOM",  
> salary: 200000  
> }
> 
> and i have written code like this,  
> var searchText="aruna";  
> testSearch = function() {  
> var qryObj = {  
> "size" : 50,  
> "query" : {  
> "wildcard" : {  
> "\_all" :searchText  
> }  
> }  
> };  
> elasticSearchClient.search("test", "",qryObj, size)  
> .on('data', function(data) {  
> console.log("Search: "+data)  
> assert.ok(JSON.parse(data), "testSearch failed.")  
> })  
> .exec()  
> }
> 
> If i search for aruna i am able to get the data. but if the part of the  
> searchText contains space, i am unable to get the results. suppose  
> searchText is "aruna vennapusa". please anyone suggest me to to get  
> those results.

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**Author:** ![Aruna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@Aruna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aruna)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-get-the-results-when-searchtext-containing-spaces/8042/3 "2012-06-13T04:05:00Z")

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Thanks David. I tried with text query now its working

On Tuesday, June 12, 2012 2:02:56 AM UTC+5:30, David Pilato wrote:

> The field first name is tokenized in two terms aruna and vennapusa  
> You can search for "aruna vennapusa" with a text query  
> [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/query-dsl/text-query.html)  
> But not with wildcard as it's not analyzed.
> 
> If you really want to use wildcard you will have to change the mapping for  
> this field, setting it to index: not\_analyzed
> 
> David.
> 
> > -----Message d'origine-----  
> > De : [elasticsearch@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com)  
> > [[mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com)] De la part de Aruna  
> > Envoyé : lundi 11 juin 2012 15:14  
> > À : elasticsearch  
> > Objet : unable to get the results when searchtext containing spaces
> > 
> > Hi,  
> > I have installed elasticsearch-river-couchdb and node  
> > elasticsearchclient. Now i am searching data in couchdb using node  
> > elasticsearchclient. I have JSON structure like this,
> > 
> > {  
> > first\_name: "aruna vennapusa",  
> > interests: [ {name: "pets", level: 5},  
> > {topic: "es", degree: "strong"}  
> > ] ,  
> > designation: "SE",  
> > company: "DOM",  
> > salary: 200000  
> > }
> > 
> > and i have written code like this,  
> > var searchText="aruna";  
> > testSearch = function() {  
> > var qryObj = {  
> > "size" : 50,  
> > "query" : {  
> > "wildcard" : {  
> > "\_all" :searchText  
> > }  
> > }  
> > };  
> > elasticSearchClient.search("test", "",qryObj, size)  
> > .on('data', function(data) {  
> > console.log("Search: "+data)  
> > assert.ok(JSON.parse(data), "testSearch failed.")  
> > })  
> > .exec()  
> > }
> > 
> > If i search for aruna i am able to get the data. but if the part of the  
> > searchText contains space, i am unable to get the results. suppose  
> > searchText is "aruna vennapusa". please anyone suggest me to to get  
> > those results.

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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 6, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-get-the-results-when-searchtext-containing-spaces/8042/4 "2017-07-06T03:24:41Z")

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