# Fulltext query doesn't allow special symbols

**URL:** <https://community.neo4j.com/t/fulltext-query-doesnt-allow-special-symbols/46710>\
**Category:** Neo4j Graph Platform\
**Tags:** cypher\
**Created:** [October 30, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/fulltext-query-doesnt-allow-special-symbols/46710 "2021-10-30T18:34:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![lingvisa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/lingvisa/32/8150_2.png) [@lingvisa](https://community.neo4j.com/u/lingvisa)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/fulltext-query-doesnt-allow-special-symbols/46710/1 "2021-10-30T18:34:09Z")

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```auto
CALL db.index.fulltext.queryNodes("NameIndex", "刘昊然[超话]")

YIELD node, score

RETURN properties(node) as properties, score LIMIT 50

```

The query string contains '[...]' which caused the syntax error:

```auto
Failed to invoke procedure `db.index.fulltext.queryNodes`: Caused by: org.apache.lucene.queryparser.classic.ParseException: Encountered " "]" "] "" at line 1, column 6.
Was expecting:
    "TO" ...

```

Is there a way to fix or bypass this error? For fulltext search, the user query can contains any symbols, just as you do on google.

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**Author:** ![jonas1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/jonas1/32/23804_2.png) [@jonas1](https://community.neo4j.com/u/jonas1)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/fulltext-query-doesnt-allow-special-symbols/46710/2 "2022-05-08T18:46:26Z")

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Hey @lingvisa, did you ever find a solution to this? I'm looking at the same problem right now.