# What does the question mark mean? Query of an array

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**Created:** [May 14, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-does-the-question-mark-mean-query-of-an-array/73369 "2024-05-14T17:11:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/todd_lichtenwalter/32/12231_2.png) [@Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Todd_Lichtenwalter)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-does-the-question-mark-mean-query-of-an-array/73369/1 "2024-05-14T17:11:56Z")

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When I click on the question mark, it shows that the two queried items are there but they are represented not as the emails they are but a single question mark. Does this indicate an error?  
 ![CleanShot 2024-05-14 at 13.09.07](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/4/c/4cd87f8345a4fd7203bf3ee9256a49b5c11a7c1a.png)  
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**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-does-the-question-mark-mean-query-of-an-array/73369/2 "2024-05-14T17:37:05Z")

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Summary: These question marks do not indicate an error at all. Move a basic text column to the very left of your table and notice what happens.

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When you create a relation or a query, each item you see in a cell represents an entire row, and Glide picks one of the columns of that row to show what the row is. It will start with columns at the very left of the table. If your table has a RowID column, the relation/query elements will be represented by a RowID. If you table has a text basic column at the very left, it will show that. But if you don’t have a basic column at the very left but a computed column or something more “exotic”, it will show a question mark.

I used to know the exact rule, I forgot it, and most of my tables have RowIDs so my relation/query columns don’t show question marks anymore. But long story short, the question mark you see is not an error.

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**Author:** ![Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/todd_lichtenwalter/32/12231_2.png) [@Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Todd_Lichtenwalter)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-does-the-question-mark-mean-query-of-an-array/73369/3 "2024-05-14T17:39:31Z")

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Great insight, thank you!

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**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-does-the-question-mark-mean-query-of-an-array/73369/4 "2024-05-14T17:39:53Z")

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You’re very welcome.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/what-does-the-question-mark-mean-query-of-an-array/73369/5 "2024-05-21T17:40:19Z")

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