Typesense Error: Field must be a string
TLDR Aboo encountered an error in Typesense regarding a boolean field. Kishore Nallan suggested checking the schema and made sure the field is defined as boolean.
1Jun 20, 2023 (3 months ago)
Aboo
07:28 AMI am new to typesense, working on application using typesense, I am getting below error, can anyone please help on this
//Field
xxx must be a string.// as this field is boolean, getting this error while indexingxxx: true/false
Note: not able to find documentation on this
Thanks in advance
Kishore Nallan
07:31 AMAboo
07:32 AMLet me check that once again
Aboo
08:22 AM1
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