# Invalid short\_message

**URL:** <https://community.graylog.org/t/invalid-short-message/7587>\
**Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\
**Created:** [November 10, 2018, 9:16am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/invalid-short-message/7587 "2018-11-10T09:16:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![jan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/jan/32/11_2.png) [@jan](https://community.graylog.org/u/jan)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/invalid-short-message/7587/2 "2018-11-11T18:01:35Z")

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searching in this community might give you already the solution:

> [@Graylog unable to receive message from logstash](https://community.graylog.org/t/graylog-unable-to-receive-message-from-logstash/5986/4):
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> Thank you Jan and jochen for replying. Yes, the correct input is GELF UDP. Below is my logstash configurations that make it worked. input { jdbc { jdbc\_driver\_library =\> "/logstash-6.3.0/lib/sqljdbc42.jar" jdbc\_driver\_class =\> "com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver" jdbc\_connection\_string =\> "jdbc:sqlserver://XXX:XXX;databaseName=XXX" jdbc\_user =\> "XXX" jdbc\_password =\> "XXX" schedule =\> "\* \* \* \* \*" statement =\> "select xxx from XXX" } } filter { mutate…

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