diff --git a/wizard-common/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/model/SqlDefaultSearchField.java b/wizard-common/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/model/SqlDefaultSearchField.java
index f1596df..0ff6b4a 100644
--- a/wizard-common/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/model/SqlDefaultSearchField.java
+++ b/wizard-common/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/model/SqlDefaultSearchField.java
@@ -8,19 +8,17 @@ import org.cobbzilla.wizard.model.entityconfig.annotations.ECSearchable;
 import org.cobbzilla.wizard.model.search.SearchBound;
 import org.cobbzilla.wizard.model.search.SearchBoundBuilder;
 import org.cobbzilla.wizard.model.search.SearchField;
-import org.cobbzilla.wizard.model.search.SearchFieldType;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+import static org.cobbzilla.util.daemon.ZillaRuntime.die;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.daemon.ZillaRuntime.empty;
-import static org.cobbzilla.util.daemon.ZillaRuntime.*;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.reflect.ReflectionUtil.instantiate;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.string.StringUtil.camelCaseToSnakeCase;
 import static org.cobbzilla.wizard.model.entityconfig.EntityFieldType.*;
-import static org.cobbzilla.wizard.model.search.SearchBoundComparison.*;
 
 @EqualsAndHashCode @Slf4j
 public class SqlDefaultSearchField implements SearchField {
@@ -78,18 +76,15 @@ public class SqlDefaultSearchField implements SearchField {
                     bounds.addAll(asList(SearchField.bindDecimal(name())));
                     break;
                 case flag:
-                    bounds.add(eq.bind(name(), SearchFieldType.flag));
+                    bounds.addAll(asList(SearchField.bindBoolean(name())));
                     break;
                 case string: case email: case time_zone: case locale:
                 case ip4: case ip6: case http_url:
                 case us_phone: case us_state: case us_zip:
-                    bounds.addAll(asList(SearchField.bindString(f, name())));
+                    bounds.addAll(asList(SearchField.bindString(name())));
                     break;
             }
-            if (isNullable(f)) {
-                bounds.add(is_null.bind(name()));
-                bounds.add(not_null.bind(name()));
-            }
+            if (isNullable(f)) bounds.addAll(asList(SearchField.bindNullable(name())));
         }
         if (empty(bounds)) return die("getBounds: no bounds defined for: "+ bound);
         return bounds.toArray(SearchBound[]::new);
diff --git a/wizard-common/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/model/search/SearchField.java b/wizard-common/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/model/search/SearchField.java
index 2794fd2..56586a5 100644
--- a/wizard-common/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/model/search/SearchField.java
+++ b/wizard-common/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/model/search/SearchField.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package org.cobbzilla.wizard.model.search;
 
 import org.cobbzilla.wizard.validation.SimpleViolationException;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -43,14 +42,20 @@ public interface SearchField {
                 ne.bind(name, SearchFieldType.decimal)
         };
     }
-    static SearchBound[] bindString(Field f, String name) {
+    static SearchBound[] bindBoolean(String name) {
+        return new SearchBound[] {
+                eq.bind(name, SearchFieldType.flag),
+                ne.bind(name, SearchFieldType.flag)
+        };
+    }
+    static SearchBound[] bindString(String name) {
         return new SearchBound[] {
                 eq.bind(name, SearchFieldType.string),
                 ne.bind(name, SearchFieldType.string),
                 like.bind(name, SearchFieldType.string)
         };
     }
-    static SearchBound[] bindNullable(String name) { return new SearchBound[] { eq.bind(name), is_null.bind(name), not_null.bind(name) }; }
+    static SearchBound[] bindNullable(String name) { return new SearchBound[] { is_null.bind(name), not_null.bind(name) }; }
 
     String name();
 
diff --git a/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/dao/SearchViewContext.java b/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/dao/SearchViewContext.java
index d48ea6a..8e6d1a6 100644
--- a/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/dao/SearchViewContext.java
+++ b/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/dao/SearchViewContext.java
@@ -69,16 +69,11 @@ public class SearchViewContext {
 
     @Getter private final SqlViewField[] searchFields;
 
-    private static int longestFieldSet = 0;
-
     private SqlViewField[] initSearchFields() {
         final Map<String, SqlViewField> fields = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         final ECSearchDepth mainSearchDepth = clazz.getAnnotation(ECSearchDepth.class);
         final ECForeignKeySearchDepth mainDepth = mainSearchDepth == null ? inherit : mainSearchDepth.fkDepth();
         final Map<String, SqlViewField> finalizedFields = initFields(clazz, "", fields, mainDepth, mainDepth);
-        if (finalizedFields.size() > longestFieldSet) {
-            longestFieldSet = finalizedFields.size();
-        }
         return finalizedFields.values().toArray(new SqlViewField[0]);
     }