# Tracking SQL Queries

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tracking-sql-queries/229055>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-sql\
**Created:** [April 21, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tracking-sql-queries/229055 "2020-04-21T13:34:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ray\_Rondini](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ray_rondini/32/66774_2.png) [@Ray\_Rondini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ray_Rondini)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tracking-sql-queries/229055/1 "2020-04-21T13:34:12Z")

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Super noob here, who barely knows what he's asking. We'd like to somehow keep track of who executed queries in SQL, preferably with at least 30 days history. Possible?

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**Author:** ![chuckmilam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chuckmilam/32/115928_2.png) [@chuckmilam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chuckmilam)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tracking-sql-queries/229055/2 "2020-04-21T19:02:01Z")

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Are you looking for SQL auditing? I'm in the same boat, specifically for MSSQL on Windows.

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**Author:** ![Ray\_Rondini](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ray_rondini/32/66774_2.png) [@Ray\_Rondini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ray_Rondini)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tracking-sql-queries/229055/3 "2020-04-21T19:24:28Z")

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Yes! I think ApexSQL might be the answer there, as I look into more things.

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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:** [May 19, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tracking-sql-queries/229055/4 "2020-05-19T21:24:29Z")

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