Data to be indexed in Xapian should be a string

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/TODO.rst b/TODO.rst
index f8256c8..4452ab5 100644
--- a/TODO.rst
+++ b/TODO.rst
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@ The following features are already planned.
   lesana).
 * Write a command which reads data from a collection and writes it to
   another one, using a simple mapping of fields.
+
+The following features may be nice to have.
+
+* Having an indexing mode that adds the field as a value instead of a
+  term, see
+  https://getting-started-with-xapian.readthedocs.io/en/latest/concepts/indexing/values.html
diff --git a/lesana/collection.py b/lesana/collection.py
index fbdb935..0280f85 100644
--- a/lesana/collection.py
+++ b/lesana/collection.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class Collection(object):
             for v in values:
                 try:
                     self.indexer.index_text(
-                        v,
+                        str(v),
                         1,
                         field['prefix'])
                 except ValueError as e: