# SQL query tag - tag path malformed **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [June 23, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-query-tag-tag-path-malformed/11853 "2016-06-23T16:35:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jackswiggett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@jackswiggett](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jackswiggett)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-query-tag-tag-path-malformed/11853/1 "2016-06-23T16:35:50Z")
I have created a query tag called "P001\_settings" inside a folder called "Processes". It is connected to a MySQL data table with the query "SELECT \* from test.P001\_settings" (which is working as expected). I am trying to bind the value of a text field in the designer to one of the values in the tag. In particular, I want to select the value at column 0, row 0. Column 0 is called 'property'. If I use Ignition's browsing interface to bind to that value, it generates the tag path "Processes/P001\_settings[property][0, 0]". When I click OK I get the following error indicating that the tag path is malformed. Is this tag path incorrect, and what is the correct tag path format to select values from a query tag? > [@](#): > > java.io.IOException: com.google.common.collect.ComputationException: com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.sqltags.parser.TagPathFormatException: Illegal character '[' (Line 1 , Char 24) I'm using: Ignition v7.8.2 (b2016030813) Java: Oracle Corporation 1.8.0\_91 Thanks, Jack ---
**Author:** ![jcharrison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@jcharrison](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jcharrison)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-query-tag-tag-path-malformed/11853/2 "2016-06-28T14:42:12Z")
You should try and use the lookup expression. It is very useful in retrieving particular row,column values from both dataset tags and query tags.