# Problem with German charater ß

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-german-charater-ss/275450>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 9, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-german-charater-ss/275450 "2021-06-09T14:08:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stefan\_F1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stefan_f1/32/90061_2.png) [@Stefan\_F1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stefan_F1)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-german-charater-ss/275450/1 "2021-06-09T14:08:35Z")

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Hi,  
I added a document to my index with the name abcß. Then I tried to read the data with a query over postman:

`{"query":"SELECT *, id FROM sapalink_fi WHERE name = 'abcß' and (repository='rfHN5c3RlbXwxfFNGfC8=') AND (metatype='addocument')"}`

I got this error:

`{"error":{"root_cause":[{"type":"parsing_exception","reason":"line 1:119: missing ')' at '<EOF>'"}],"type":"parsing_exception","reason":"line 1:119: missing ')' at '<EOF>'"},"status":400}`

When I try the same query with ö  
`{"query":"SELECT *, id FROM sapalink_fi WHERE name = 'abcö' and (repository='rfHN5c3RlbXwxfFNGfC8=') AND (metatype='addocument')"}`

then I got a correct result.

I have no idea what could be wrong.

BR  
Stefan

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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:** [July 7, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-german-charater-ss/275450/2 "2021-07-07T14:08:50Z")

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