# Sql query return is empty

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-query-return-is-empty/281092>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-sql\
**Created:** [August 11, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-query-return-is-empty/281092 "2021-08-11T15:12:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Christophe\_Dumont](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christophe_dumont/32/82868_2.png) [@Christophe\_Dumont](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christophe_Dumont)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-query-return-is-empty/281092/1 "2021-08-11T15:12:10Z")

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I would like to make a query to retrieve the records of the 'layers' column (index name = ids)  
When i run this command :  
**GET /\_sql?format=txt**  
**{**  
**"query": "DESCRIBE ids"**  
**}**

it's ok  
**column | type | mapping**  
**----------------+---------------+---------------**  
**@timestamp |TIMESTAMP |datetime**  
**@version |VARCHAR |text**  
**@version.keyword|VARCHAR |keyword**  
**layers |VARCHAR |text**  
**layers.keyword |VARCHAR |keyword**  
**message |VARCHAR |text**  
**message.keyword |VARCHAR |keyword**

but when i execute the command :  
**POST \_sql?format=txt**  
**{**  
**"query": "select \* from ids"**  
**}**

i'm getting an empty answer

**@timestamp | @version |**

**POST \_sql?format=txt**  
**{**  
**"query": "select count(\*) from ids"**  
**}**

**count(\*)**  
**---------------**  
**8914**

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-query-return-is-empty/281092/2 "2021-08-11T16:24:50Z")

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This has nothing to do with logstash. You should move it to the elasticsearch forum.

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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:** [September 8, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-query-return-is-empty/281092/3 "2021-09-08T16:25:43Z")

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