Querying to Delete Documents without Specific Field
TLDR Serezha inquired about a query to delete documents missing certain fields, to which Kishore Nallan explained that it's unfeasible due to Typesense's storage behavior.
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Jan 23, 2023 (8 months ago)
Serezha
Serezha
01:47 PMHi All,
Do we have query to delete documents where some field is missing. Something like if document don't have
Do we have query to delete documents where some field is missing. Something like if document don't have
xxxx field delete itKishore Nallan
Kishore Nallan
01:57 PMThis is not possible because Typesense does not store any reference to empty values. So will not know which docs are empty.
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