# run ill formed query as string

**URL:** https://forum.kx.com/t/run-ill-formed-query-as-string/10545
**Category:** Community Support
**Tags:** kdb-and-q
**Created:** [November 2, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/run-ill-formed-query-as-string/10545 "2015-11-02T14:36:00Z")
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### Author: ![User7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7ea924/32.png) [@User7](https://forum.kx.com/u/User7)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/run-ill-formed-query-as-string/10545/1 "2015-11-02T14:36:00Z")

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How do I run a query given to me as a string variable ? Since query is not well formed eval/parse wont work. However the query runs verbatim on db

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### Author: ![manni\_patel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@manni\_patel](https://forum.kx.com/u/manni_patel)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/run-ill-formed-query-as-string/10545/2 "2015-11-02T15:10:00Z")

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value

e.g. value"select from table"