diff --git a/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/query/Query.java b/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/query/Query.java index 22a513f6775c9187a9a055cd92048c45f64c5cc4..d57189c368d46ae8edf7fbf70b75fff0ffb278f3 100644 --- a/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/query/Query.java +++ b/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/query/Query.java @@ -98,7 +98,13 @@ public class Query implements QueryInterface, ToElementable, TransactionInterfac /** No parsing, just sets the selector string. */ public Selection(final String selector) { - this.selector = selector.trim(); + if (selector.trim().startsWith("'") && selector.trim().endsWith("'")) { + this.selector = selector.replaceFirst("^\\s*'", "").replaceFirst("'\\s*$", "").trim(); + } else if (selector.trim().startsWith("\"") && selector.trim().endsWith("\"")) { + this.selector = selector.replaceFirst("^\\s*\"", "").replaceFirst("\"\\s*$", "").trim(); + } else { + this.selector = selector.trim(); + } } public String getSelector() {