# Query string not working properly

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-not-working-properly/8395>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 12, 2012, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-not-working-properly/8395 "2012-07-12T09:36:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Abhishek\_Jajoria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@Abhishek\_Jajoria](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhishek_Jajoria)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-not-working-properly/8395/1 "2012-07-12T09:36:33Z")

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Query string can not parse string with single brackets ,text like [ "  
(some text"] throws query parser exception but can parse text like  
["(some text)"].

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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 6, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-not-working-properly/8395/2 "2017-07-06T03:20:32Z")

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