# Insert via Command Line Never Returns

**URL:** <https://community.stardog.com/t/insert-via-command-line-never-returns/117>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [February 17, 2017, 9:11am UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/insert-via-command-line-never-returns/117 "2017-02-17T09:11:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Samur\_Araujo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Samur\_Araujo](https://community.stardog.com/u/Samur_Araujo)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 9:11am UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/insert-via-command-line-never-returns/117/1 "2017-02-17T09:11:57Z")

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When I run the command below, it never returns.

Is it a bug or for insert should I use another command?

$STARDOG/bin/stardog query coredb "insert data{ [http://test.com/test](http://test.com/test) [http://geophy.data/system#instanceProperty2](http://geophy.data/system#instanceProperty2) 12} "

Best,

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**Author:** ![stephen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.stardog.com/stephen/32/27_2.png) [@stephen](https://community.stardog.com/u/stephen)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/insert-via-command-line-never-returns/117/2 "2017-02-17T13:03:16Z")

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Samur,

I’m not sure why that command would never return for you. When I run it on the CLI I get an error that says `Not a valid query string or a file: Lexical error at line 1, column 29. Encountered: "47" (47), after : "test.com"`

But either way, your syntax is incorrect. IRIs in a SPARQL query need to be surrounded by \<\>.

```auto
Stephens-iMac:support stephen$ stardog query support "insert data{<http://test.com/test> <http://geophy.data/system#instanceProperty2> 12} "
Update query processed successfully in 00:00:00.150.

```

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**Author:** ![Samur\_Araujo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Samur\_Araujo](https://community.stardog.com/u/Samur_Araujo)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/insert-via-command-line-never-returns/117/3 "2017-02-17T13:18:23Z")

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> [@Samur\_Araujo](#):
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> $STARDOG/bin/stardog query coredb "insert data{ [http://test.com/test](http://test.com/test) [http://geophy.data/system#instanceProperty2](http://geophy.data/system#instanceProperty2) 12} "

Thank you Stephen! I see the problem now.