# Index name error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-name-error/237759>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 19, 2020, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-name-error/237759 "2020-06-19T07:58:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![examin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/examin/32/70688_2.png) [@examin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/examin)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-name-error/237759/1 "2020-06-19T07:58:56Z")

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my indexName have '-' and it is returning error Please help  
curl -XPOST "[http://3.7.226.52:9200/\_xpack/sql](http://3.7.226.52:9200/_xpack/sql)" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'  
{  
"query":"SELECT \* from cc-portm"  
}'  
"type": "parsing\_exception",  
"reason": "line 1:17: extraneous input '-' expecting

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**Author:** ![Vinayak\_Sapre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vinayak_sapre/32/45939_2.png) [@Vinayak\_Sapre](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vinayak_Sapre)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-name-error/237759/2 "2020-06-20T05:17:59Z")

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[https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-sql-query-with-special-character-in-field-and-table-name/146359/4](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-sql-query-with-special-character-in-field-and-table-name/146359/4)

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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 18, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-name-error/237759/3 "2020-07-18T05:17:59Z")

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