# Not getting correct results when using special characters in query string

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-getting-correct-results-when-using-special-characters-in-query-string/169372>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 21, 2019, 10:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-getting-correct-results-when-using-special-characters-in-query-string/169372 "2019-02-21T10:09:28Z")\
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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:** [February 25, 2019, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-getting-correct-results-when-using-special-characters-in-query-string/169372/15 "2019-02-25T09:38:33Z")

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I can't really know with a fully working example. Read [About the Elasticsearch category](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21). It will help to better understand what you are doing. Please, try to keep the example as simple as possible.

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