# Weaviate conditional filter throws "... invalid search term, only stopwords provided"

**URL:** <https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-conditional-filter-throws-invalid-search-term-only-stopwords-provided/649>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [September 11, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-conditional-filter-throws-invalid-search-term-only-stopwords-provided/649 "2023-09-11T15:41:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![junbetterway](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/junbetterway/32/174_2.png) [@junbetterway](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/junbetterway)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-conditional-filter-throws-invalid-search-term-only-stopwords-provided/649/1 "2023-09-11T15:41:59Z")

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Can you help me in this SO question here → [Weaviate conditional filter throws "... invalid search term, only stopwords provided" - Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77083016/weaviate-conditional-filter-throws-invalid-search-term-only-stopwords-prov)

Thank you in advance.

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**Author:** ![Frank\_Gao](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/frank_gao/32/1730_2.png) [@Frank\_Gao](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Frank_Gao)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-conditional-filter-throws-invalid-search-term-only-stopwords-provided/649/2 "2024-06-12T07:52:41Z")

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Did you figure it out ,i have exactly the same issue, the filters only works with “like”