# Special Character in Custom Field ?

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/special-character-in-custom-field/8289>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [April 24, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/special-character-in-custom-field/8289 "2017-04-24T02:12:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![laurentm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@laurentm](https://forum.mautic.org/u/laurentm)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/special-character-in-custom-field/8289/1 "2017-04-24T02:12:45Z")

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I am I right or wrong that special character such as “&” can bring some trouble to having segment update can make fail the operation ?

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**Author:** ![laurentm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@laurentm](https://forum.mautic.org/u/laurentm)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/special-character-in-custom-field/8289/2 "2017-04-24T02:12:45Z")

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I am I right or wrong that special character such as “&” can bring some trouble to having segment update can make fail the operation ?