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Infix Search on Nested Fields in Typesense

TLDR Cooper asked if infix search works on nested fields in Typesense. Kishore Nallan confirmed it doesn't and suggested creating an issue on Github.

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Apr 05, 2023 (5 months ago)

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Cooper

06:55 PM

Hey hey 👋 does infix search work on nested fields? I want to apply it to something like:

document: {
  id: 123
  user: {
    firstName: string // want this field to be infixed
    lastName: string // also want this field infixed
  }
}

I was hoping that when auto-defining the schema with { name: ".*", type: "auto", infix: true } , that the infix value would be passed to all nested fields in the object. Is this a limitation of infix/nested fields?

Apr 06, 2023 (5 months ago)

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Kishore Nallan

02:01 AM

👋 yes, we don't yet have full infix support for nested fields. Can you please create an issue on Github for tracking?

02:01

Kishore Nallan

02:01 AM

You have to use a "flat" field for now.

Cooper

01:42 PM

Great thanks Kishore Nallan, tracked here: https://github.com/typesense/typesense/issues/964

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