---
title: "Query Apache Kafka with SQL"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/query-apache-kafka-with-sql-ogmvr7jov
source_url: https://thenewstack.io/query-apache-kafka-with-sql/
type: article
source: "The New Stack"
published: 2024-04-16T14:56:26.015Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:58:27.770Z
tags: ["sql", "data-engineering", "apache-kafka"]
reading_time: 7
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Query Apache Kafka with SQL

**[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Apache Kafka is widely used for storing and exchanging data, but it lacks easy querying capabilities. This post discusses the limitations of Kafka for querying and explores solutions to enable SQL-based querying and data visualization.

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Tags: [#sql](https://daily.dev/tags/sql), [#data-engineering](https://daily.dev/tags/data-engineering), [#apache-kafka](https://daily.dev/tags/apache-kafka)

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