Querying Null and String Values in Typesense.
TLDR Andrew wondered if they could look for non-null and string values in Typesense, but Jason explained a workaround by creating a new boolean field at indexing time.
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Feb 15, 2023 (10 months ago)
Andrew
Andrew
04:28 PMHow do i set a field to be able to look for a string, or null value? For instance
And have it return all documents where the videoUrl is not a null value but instead a string?
videoUrl:!=nullAnd have it return all documents where the videoUrl is not a null value but instead a string?
Jason
Jason
05:20 PMTypesense doesn’t have a way to do this, because it goes off of field values to build the index.
So you would have to create a new boolean field at indexing time, called say
So you would have to create a new boolean field at indexing time, called say
videoUrlIsNull and then use that to filter
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