# SPARQL empty VALUES clause

**URL:** <https://community.stardog.com/t/sparql-empty-values-clause/686>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [November 13, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/sparql-empty-values-clause/686 "2017-11-13T09:34:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![joernhees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@joernhees](https://community.stardog.com/u/joernhees)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/sparql-empty-values-clause/686/1 "2017-11-13T09:34:59Z")

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Stardog will complain about this query (which is valid according to [SPARQL 1.1 grammar](https://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-sparql11-query-20130321/#rValuesClause)):

```auto
SELECT * {
 ?s ?p ?o .
 VALUES () {}
}

```

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**Author:** ![pavel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.stardog.com/pavel/32/18_2.png) [@pavel](https://community.stardog.com/u/pavel)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 10:19am UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/sparql-empty-values-clause/686/2 "2017-11-13T10:19:42Z")

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Thanks, will fix.

Cheers,  
Pavel