# Elasticsearch sql not accepting index with - in it

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-sql-not-accepting-index-with-in-it/175862>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-sql\
**Created:** [April 8, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-sql-not-accepting-index-with-in-it/175862 "2019-04-08T14:54:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ritesh\_Uniyal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ritesh_uniyal/32/43678_2.png) [@Ritesh\_Uniyal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ritesh_Uniyal)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-sql-not-accepting-index-with-in-it/175862/1 "2019-04-08T14:54:31Z")

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Hi,

I have an index which have - in it. I'm getting the following error. any work arounds?

POST \_xpack/sql?format=txt  
{  
"query":"DESCRIBE bsd-digital-prod-logs-sa"  
}

Error:  
{  
"error": {  
"root\_cause": [  
{  
"type": "parsing\_exception",  
"reason": "line 1:13: mismatched input '-' expecting "  
}  
],  
"type": "parsing\_exception",  
"reason": "line 1:13: mismatched input '-' expecting ",  
"caused\_by": {  
"type": "input\_mismatch\_exception",  
"reason": null  
}  
},  
"status": 400  
}

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**Author:** ![Ritesh\_Uniyal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ritesh_uniyal/32/43678_2.png) [@Ritesh\_Uniyal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ritesh_Uniyal)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-sql-not-accepting-index-with-in-it/175862/2 "2019-04-08T14:55:59Z")

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nm made it work by

POST \_xpack/sql?format=txt  
{  
"query":"DESCRIBE "bsd-digital-prod-logs-sa""  
}

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-sql-not-accepting-index-with-in-it/175862/3 "2019-05-06T14:56:01Z")

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