# How to enable sql in elastic 7.3

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-sql-in-elastic-7-3/320447
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** elastic-stack-sql
**Created:** [December 5, 2022, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-sql-in-elastic-7-3/320447 "2022-12-05T08:34:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Bhanuji\_paluri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhanuji_paluri/32/101841_2.png) [@Bhanuji\_paluri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhanuji_paluri)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2022, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-sql-in-elastic-7-3/320447/1 "2022-12-05T08:34:58Z")

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can you please let me know how to run the sql queries in devtool?

how to enable the sql , how to test it?

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### Author: ![dadiasish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadiasish/32/114221_2.png) [@dadiasish](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadiasish)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-sql-in-elastic-7-3/320447/2 "2022-12-05T09:41:57Z")

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You can use the below format to run sql queries in Dev Tools.

```auto
POST /_sql?format=txt
{
  "query": "SELECT * FROM library WHERE release_date < '2000-01-01'"
}

```

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 5:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-sql-in-elastic-7-3/320447/3 "2022-12-07T05:11:08Z")

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7.3 is [EOL](https://www.elastic.co/support/eol) and you need to upgrade as a matter of urgency.

SQL wasn't added till [SQL APIs | Elasticsearch Guide [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.13/sql-apis.html).

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### Author: ![Bhanuji\_paluri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhanuji_paluri/32/101841_2.png) [@Bhanuji\_paluri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhanuji_paluri)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-sql-in-elastic-7-3/320447/4 "2022-12-07T13:48:04Z")

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thanks for the info

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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: [January 4, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-sql-in-elastic-7-3/320447/5 "2023-01-04T13:48:45Z")

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