# Thinking sphinx "-" operator

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thinking-sphinx-operator/169481>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 4, 2009, 9:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thinking-sphinx-operator/169481 "2009-06-04T09:55:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![tilt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@tilt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tilt)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 9:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thinking-sphinx-operator/169481/1 "2009-06-04T09:55:20Z")

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Hi,

Is there a way to turn off operators in a Sphinx search or to force an  
exact match?

If we use TS for filtering we’re getting problems with our url keys  
otherwise.

Thanks for advice!

Best regards