# Sql\_last\_value getting reset

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-last-value-getting-reset/141478>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 25, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-last-value-getting-reset/141478 "2018-07-25T04:02:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sunil\_Khullar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sunil_khullar/32/50427_2.png) [@Sunil\_Khullar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sunil_Khullar)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-last-value-getting-reset/141478/1 "2018-07-25T04:02:19Z")

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It seems the variable **sql\_last\_value** gets reset everytime we restart logstash, instead of reading from the value stored in the file defined in **last\_run\_metadata\_path**

is this the correct behavior? or is something wrong?

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**Author:** ![guyboertje](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guyboertje/32/31592_2.png) [@guyboertje](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/guyboertje)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-last-value-getting-reset/141478/2 "2018-07-25T09:05:23Z")

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Are you using the `clean_run => true` setting?

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**Author:** ![Sunil\_Khullar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sunil_khullar/32/50427_2.png) [@Sunil\_Khullar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sunil_Khullar)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-last-value-getting-reset/141478/3 "2018-07-25T09:16:32Z")

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Oops yes!

Thanks.

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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:** [August 22, 2018, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-last-value-getting-reset/141478/4 "2018-08-22T09:28:11Z")

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