# SQL Query : Indice vs Tables

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-query-indice-vs-tables/189472
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [July 9, 2019, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-query-indice-vs-tables/189472 "2019-07-09T07:33:54Z")
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### Author: ![tatdat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tatdat/32/113160_2.png) [@tatdat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tatdat)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2019, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-query-indice-vs-tables/189472/1 "2019-07-09T07:33:54Z")

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Hi everyone,  
I trying to use SQL on elasticsearch. (ver 7.1)  
I have some index : web-access-2019.07, web-access-2019.08, web-access-2019.09.  
So how to use sql to query into three index above.

I try with query :

```
POST _sql
{
  "query":"DESCRIBE web-access-2019.07"
} 

```

And i got error

```
{
  "error": {
    "root_cause": [
      {
        "type": "parsing_exception",
        "reason": "line 1:13: mismatched input '-' expecting <EOF>"
      }
    ],
    "type": "parsing_exception",
    "reason": "line 1:13: mismatched input '-' expecting <EOF>",
    "caused_by": {
      "type": "input_mismatch_exception",
      "reason": null
    }
  },
  "status": 400
}

```

And with query got same error

```
POST _sql
{
  "query":"DESCRIBE web-access*"
}

```

So what do i need to query into my index?

Thank!

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### Author: ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2019, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-query-indice-vs-tables/189472/2 "2019-07-09T07:46:24Z")

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Could you try something like:

```auto
POST _sql
{
  "query":"DESCRIBE \"web-access-2019.07\""
} 

```

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### Author: ![tatdat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tatdat/32/113160_2.png) [@tatdat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tatdat)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-query-indice-vs-tables/189472/3 "2019-07-09T16:46:29Z")

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It worked!. Thank so much.  
So now i want to query all index web-access-\*. I try with this query, i worked too!

```
POST _sql
{
  "query":"DESCRIBE \"web-access-*\""
} 

```

That include web-access-2019.07, .... web-access-xxxxx.ww right?

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### Author: ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-query-indice-vs-tables/189472/4 "2019-07-09T20:44:51Z")

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Yes.

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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 6, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-query-indice-vs-tables/189472/5 "2019-08-06T20:44:53Z")

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