# Explorer confused by comment with '?'

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/explorer-confused-by-comment-with/239693
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** data-explorer
**Created:** [September 21, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/explorer-confused-by-comment-with/239693 "2022-09-21T19:30:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![ganncamp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ganncamp/32/106199_2.png) [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/explorer-confused-by-comment-with/239693/1 "2022-09-21T19:30:52Z")

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This is the second time I’ve encountered similar behavior. This time, I was able to narrow it down. If your query starts with a leading comment that includes a ‘?’, you get an error about missing parameters:

 ![Selection_470](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/f/4/7f4a587aebdea6353bef722e8ba1fb2dd6c4b27d.png)

Actually add a parameter & the confusion clears and the query runs:

 ![Selection_472](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/0/a/40a9c216a04f159401a02f897fe469340a5deca8.png)

Or delete the question marks, and it runs.

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### Author: ![ganncamp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ganncamp/32/106199_2.png) [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/explorer-confused-by-comment-with/239693/2 "2022-09-23T18:18:34Z")

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It’s not just leading comments. It looks like it’s any comment with a ‘?’…?

 ![Selection_477](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/3/8/e38e061263e4b870a49e538a0646457b8f337691.png)

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### Author: ![fzngagan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fzngagan/32/259349_2.png) [@fzngagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fzngagan)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/explorer-confused-by-comment-with/239693/3 "2022-09-23T20:59:26Z")

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I’ve made a note of this one and we’re planning to look into improving this behavior. We’ll back to you once we’ve made some progess here.

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### Author: ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/explorer-confused-by-comment-with/239693/4 "2022-10-07T08:03:06Z")

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@ganncamp Thank you for the detailed report, dropping a note here to let you know we have a fix in the pipeline.

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse-data-explorer/pull/189](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-data-explorer/pull/189)

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### Author: ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/explorer-confused-by-comment-with/239693/5 "2022-11-01T00:00:41Z")

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