# Double HTML escaping in data explorer output

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-html-escaping-in-data-explorer-output/400018
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** data-explorer
**Created:** [April 6, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-html-escaping-in-data-explorer-output/400018 "2026-04-06T11:43:03Z")
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### Author: ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-html-escaping-in-data-explorer-output/400018/1 "2026-04-06T11:43:03Z")

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After finding my workaround for [this issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-the-semicolons-from-the-query/400015/1), I still could not get the HTML escaping right.  
Until I found out that that was not a SQL issue but a display issue.

Query: `SELECT 'Fish & Chips'`

Output: `Fish &amp; Chips`

Desired: `Fish & Chips`

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/d/7/fd773735acb6f8939cbfc57fccb5e4a44b6c19f6.png)

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