Checking Field Existence in Typesense
TLDR Saurabh wanted to check field existence in Typesense, and Jason suggested indexing a new field fieldA_exists as a workaround.
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May 11, 2023 (5 months ago)
Saurabh
Saurabh
06:39 PMhey all ,
how to check if field exists in typsense ?
how to check if field exists in typsense ?
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Jason
Jason
06:52 PMThere’s no way to check for the absence or presence of fields in Typesense directly.
So you would have to create a new field called say
So you would have to create a new field called say
fieldA_exists: true | false and set that at indexing time to be able to query with it laterSaurabh
Saurabh
08:23 PMthanks Jason for helping me out...
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08:23 PM Ajay
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