# How to read SQL Server log trace?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-read-sql-server-log-trace/24429>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 26, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-read-sql-server-log-trace/24429 "2015-06-26T14:05:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Zanatto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47774/32.png) [@Zanatto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Zanatto)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-read-sql-server-log-trace/24429/1 "2015-06-26T14:05:39Z")

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I would like to know if have any pluging in logstash for this task. If not, what do you suggest?

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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:** [June 26, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-read-sql-server-log-trace/24429/2 "2015-06-26T23:19:24Z")

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I haven't seen one.

Is it just a file?

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 5:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-read-sql-server-log-trace/24429/3 "2017-07-06T05:36:20Z")

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