# Perspective dropdown string values are enclosed in quotation marks

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [April 4, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dropdown-string-values-are-enclosed-in-quotation-marks/57986 "2022-04-04T05:54:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![deon.korb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@deon.korb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/deon.korb)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dropdown-string-values-are-enclosed-in-quotation-marks/57986/2 "2022-04-04T06:13:19Z")

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There was/is a bug with bi-directionally bound string tags and properties:

> [@\[Bug-5210\] UDT String Parameters Wrapped in Quotes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-5210-udt-string-parameters-wrapped-in-quotes/53340):
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> Hi, It seems bug 2925 only addressed the string fields like .Documentation. Continuing the discussion from [Nightly 8.1 Changelogs - 2021](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nightly-8-1-changelogs-2021/42410/166): Any string UDT parameters bi directionally written to are still wrapped in quotes. Regards, Deon

You probably just need to upgrade or make the binding not bi-directional and update the source on a datachange script.

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