diff --git a/sql3/parser/scanner.go b/sql3/parser/scanner.go
index 573483677..8bd863de1 100644
--- a/sql3/parser/scanner.go
+++ b/sql3/parser/scanner.go
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ func (s *Scanner) scanString() (Pos, Token, string) {
 		ch, _ := s.read()
 		if ch == -1 {
 			return pos, ILLEGAL, `'` + s.buf.String()
+		} else if ch == '\n' {
+			return pos, UNTERMSTRING, `'` + s.buf.String()
 		} else if ch == '\'' {
 			if s.peek() == '\'' { // escaped quote
 				s.read()
diff --git a/sql3/parser/token.go b/sql3/parser/token.go
index 97a4a5f5d..bc765a6a1 100644
--- a/sql3/parser/token.go
+++ b/sql3/parser/token.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const (
 	ILLEGAL Token = iota
 	EOF
 	SPACE
+	UNTERMSTRING
 
 	literal_beg
 	IDENT    // IDENT
@@ -253,9 +254,10 @@ const (
 )
 
 var tokens = [...]string{
-	ILLEGAL: "ILLEGAL",
-	EOF:     "EOF",
-	SPACE:   "SPACE",
+	ILLEGAL:      "ILLEGAL",
+	EOF:          "EOF",
+	SPACE:        "SPACE",
+	UNTERMSTRING: "unterminated string literal",
 
 	IDENT:    "IDENT",
 	VARIABLE: "VARIABLE",
diff --git a/sql3/planner/compilebulkinsert.go b/sql3/planner/compilebulkinsert.go
index d2641fc66..d934dc61b 100644
--- a/sql3/planner/compilebulkinsert.go
+++ b/sql3/planner/compilebulkinsert.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func (p *ExecutionPlanner) compileBulkInsertStatement(stmt *parser.BulkInsertSta
 		}
 	}
 
-	return NewPlanOpBulkInsert(p, tableName, options), nil
+	return NewPlanOpQuery(p, NewPlanOpBulkInsert(p, tableName, options), p.sql), nil
 }
 
 // analyzeBulkInsertStatement analyzes a BULK INSERT statement and returns an
diff --git a/sql3/planner/compileinsert.go b/sql3/planner/compileinsert.go
index 5482097e7..4815e746c 100644
--- a/sql3/planner/compileinsert.go
+++ b/sql3/planner/compileinsert.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (p *ExecutionPlanner) compileInsertStatement(stmt *parser.InsertStatement)
 		insertValues = append(insertValues, tupleValues)
 	}
 
-	return NewPlanOpInsert(p, tableName, targetColumns, insertValues), nil
+	return NewPlanOpQuery(p, NewPlanOpInsert(p, tableName, targetColumns, insertValues), p.sql), nil
 }
 
 // analyzeInsertStatement analyzes an INSERT statement and returns and error if
diff --git a/sql3/planner/opbulkinsert.go b/sql3/planner/opbulkinsert.go
index 6dcf19e16..ca36b6b54 100644
--- a/sql3/planner/opbulkinsert.go
+++ b/sql3/planner/opbulkinsert.go
@@ -460,274 +460,280 @@ func (i *bulkInsertSourceNDJsonRowIter) Next(ctx context.Context) (types.Row, er
 		}
 	}
 
-	if i.reader.Scan() {
-		if err := i.reader.Err(); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		jsonValue := i.reader.Text()
-
-		// now we do the mapping to the output row
-		result := make([]interface{}, len(i.options.mapExpressions))
-
-		// parse the json
-		v := interface{}(nil)
-		err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonValue), &v)
-
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, sql3.NewErrParsingJSON(0, 0, jsonValue, err.Error())
-		}
-
-		// type check against the output type of the map operation
-
-		for idx, expr := range i.pathExpressions {
-
-			evalValue, err := expr(ctx, v)
-			if err != nil {
-				if i.options.allowMissingValues && strings.HasPrefix(err.Error(), "unknown key") {
-					evalValue = nil
-				} else {
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrEvaluatingJSONPathExpr(0, 0, i.mapExpressionResults[idx], jsonValue, err.Error())
-				}
+	for {
+		if i.reader.Scan() {
+			if err := i.reader.Err(); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
 			}
 
-			// if nil (null) then return nil
-			if evalValue == nil {
-				result[idx] = nil
+			jsonValue := i.reader.Text()
+			jsonValue = strings.TrimSpace(jsonValue)
+			if len(jsonValue) == 0 {
 				continue
 			}
 
-			mapColumn := i.options.mapExpressions[idx]
-			switch mapColumn.colType.(type) {
-			case *parser.DataTypeID, *parser.DataTypeInt:
+			// now we do the mapping to the output row
+			result := make([]interface{}, len(i.options.mapExpressions))
 
-				switch v := evalValue.(type) {
-				case float64:
-					// if v is a whole number then make it an int
-					if v == float64(int64(v)) {
-						result[idx] = int64(v)
-					} else {
-						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-					}
+			// parse the json
+			v := interface{}(nil)
+			err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonValue), &v)
 
-				case []interface{}:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-
-				case string:
-					intVal, err := strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 64)
-					if err != nil {
-						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-					}
-					result[idx] = intVal
-
-				case bool:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-
-				case interface{}:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-
-				default:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrInternalf("unhandled type '%T'", evalValue)
-				}
-
-			case *parser.DataTypeIDSet:
-				switch v := evalValue.(type) {
-				case float64:
-					// if v is a whole number then make it an int, and then turn that into an idset
-					if v == float64(int64(v)) {
-						result[idx] = []int64{int64(v)}
-					} else {
-						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-					}
-
-				case []interface{}:
-					setValue := make([]int64, 0)
-					for _, i := range v {
-						switch v := i.(type) {
-						case float64:
-							if v == float64(int64(v)) {
-								setValue = append(setValue, int64(v))
-							} else {
-								return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-							}
-						case string:
-							intVal, err := strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 64)
-							if err != nil {
-								return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-							}
-							setValue = append(setValue, int64(intVal))
-
-						default:
-							return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-						}
-					}
-					result[idx] = setValue
-
-				case string:
-					intVal, err := strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 64)
-					if err != nil {
-						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-					}
-					result[idx] = []int64{int64(intVal)}
-
-				case bool:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-
-				case interface{}:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-
-				default:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrInternalf("unhandled type '%T'", evalValue)
-				}
-
-			case *parser.DataTypeStringSet:
-				switch v := evalValue.(type) {
-				case float64:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-
-				case []interface{}:
-					setValue := make([]string, 0)
-					for _, i := range v {
-						f, ok := i.(string)
-						if !ok {
-							return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-						}
-						setValue = append(setValue, f)
-					}
-					result[idx] = setValue
-
-				case string:
-					result[idx] = []string{v}
-
-				case bool:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-
-				case interface{}:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-
-				default:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrInternalf("unhandled type '%T'", evalValue)
-				}
-
-			case *parser.DataTypeTimestamp:
-				switch v := evalValue.(type) {
-				case float64:
-					// if v is a whole number then make it an int
-					if v == float64(int64(v)) {
-						result[idx] = time.UnixMilli(int64(v)).UTC()
-					} else {
-						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-					}
-
-				case []interface{}:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-
-				case string:
-					if tm, err := time.ParseInLocation(time.RFC3339Nano, v, time.UTC); err == nil {
-						result[idx] = tm
-					} else if tm, err := time.ParseInLocation(time.RFC3339, v, time.UTC); err == nil {
-						result[idx] = tm
-					} else if tm, err := time.ParseInLocation("2006-01-02", v, time.UTC); err == nil {
-						result[idx] = tm
-					} else {
-						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-					}
-
-				case bool:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-
-				case interface{}:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-
-				default:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrInternalf("unhandled type '%T'", evalValue)
-				}
-
-			case *parser.DataTypeString:
-				switch v := evalValue.(type) {
-				case float64:
-					// if a whole number make it an int
-					if v == float64(int64(v)) {
-						result[idx] = fmt.Sprintf("%d", int64(v))
-					} else {
-						result[idx] = fmt.Sprintf("%f", v)
-					}
-
-				case []interface{}:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-
-				case string:
-					result[idx] = v
-
-				case bool:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-
-				case interface{}:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-
-				default:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrInternalf("unhandled type '%T'", evalValue)
-				}
-
-			case *parser.DataTypeBool:
-				switch v := evalValue.(type) {
-				case float64:
-					// if a whole number make it an int, and convert to a bool
-					if v == float64(int64(v)) {
-						result[idx] = v > 0
-					} else {
-						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-					}
-
-				case []interface{}:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-
-				case string:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-
-				case bool:
-					result[idx] = v
-
-				case interface{}:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-
-				default:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrInternalf("unhandled type '%T'", evalValue)
-				}
-
-			case *parser.DataTypeDecimal:
-				switch v := evalValue.(type) {
-				case float64:
-					result[idx] = pql.FromFloat64(v)
-
-				case []interface{}:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-
-				case string:
-					// try to parse from a string
-					dv, err := pql.ParseDecimal(v)
-					if err != nil {
-						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-					}
-					result[idx] = dv
-
-				case bool:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-
-				case interface{}:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
-
-				default:
-					return nil, sql3.NewErrInternalf("unhandled type '%T'", evalValue)
-				}
-
-			default:
-				return nil, sql3.NewErrInternalf("unhandled type '%T'", mapColumn.colType)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, sql3.NewErrParsingJSON(0, 0, jsonValue, err.Error())
 			}
+
+			// type check against the output type of the map operation
+
+			for idx, expr := range i.pathExpressions {
+
+				evalValue, err := expr(ctx, v)
+				if err != nil {
+					if i.options.allowMissingValues && (strings.HasPrefix(err.Error(), "unknown key") || strings.HasPrefix(err.Error(), "unknown parameter")) {
+						evalValue = nil
+					} else {
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrEvaluatingJSONPathExpr(0, 0, i.mapExpressionResults[idx], jsonValue, err.Error())
+					}
+				}
+
+				// if nil (null) then return nil
+				if evalValue == nil {
+					result[idx] = nil
+					continue
+				}
+
+				mapColumn := i.options.mapExpressions[idx]
+				switch mapColumn.colType.(type) {
+				case *parser.DataTypeID, *parser.DataTypeInt:
+
+					switch v := evalValue.(type) {
+					case float64:
+						// if v is a whole number then make it an int
+						if v == float64(int64(v)) {
+							result[idx] = int64(v)
+						} else {
+							return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+						}
+
+					case []interface{}:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+
+					case string:
+						intVal, err := strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 64)
+						if err != nil {
+							return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+						}
+						result[idx] = intVal
+
+					case bool:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+
+					case interface{}:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+
+					default:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrInternalf("unhandled type '%T'", evalValue)
+					}
+
+				case *parser.DataTypeIDSet:
+					switch v := evalValue.(type) {
+					case float64:
+						// if v is a whole number then make it an int, and then turn that into an idset
+						if v == float64(int64(v)) {
+							result[idx] = []int64{int64(v)}
+						} else {
+							return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+						}
+
+					case []interface{}:
+						setValue := make([]int64, 0)
+						for _, i := range v {
+							switch v := i.(type) {
+							case float64:
+								if v == float64(int64(v)) {
+									setValue = append(setValue, int64(v))
+								} else {
+									return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+								}
+							case string:
+								intVal, err := strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 64)
+								if err != nil {
+									return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+								}
+								setValue = append(setValue, int64(intVal))
+
+							default:
+								return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+							}
+						}
+						result[idx] = setValue
+
+					case string:
+						intVal, err := strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 64)
+						if err != nil {
+							return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+						}
+						result[idx] = []int64{int64(intVal)}
+
+					case bool:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+
+					case interface{}:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+
+					default:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrInternalf("unhandled type '%T'", evalValue)
+					}
+
+				case *parser.DataTypeStringSet:
+					switch v := evalValue.(type) {
+					case float64:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+
+					case []interface{}:
+						setValue := make([]string, 0)
+						for _, i := range v {
+							f, ok := i.(string)
+							if !ok {
+								return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+							}
+							setValue = append(setValue, f)
+						}
+						result[idx] = setValue
+
+					case string:
+						result[idx] = []string{v}
+
+					case bool:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+
+					case interface{}:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+
+					default:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrInternalf("unhandled type '%T'", evalValue)
+					}
+
+				case *parser.DataTypeTimestamp:
+					switch v := evalValue.(type) {
+					case float64:
+						// if v is a whole number then make it an int
+						if v == float64(int64(v)) {
+							result[idx] = time.UnixMilli(int64(v)).UTC()
+						} else {
+							return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+						}
+
+					case []interface{}:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+
+					case string:
+						if tm, err := time.ParseInLocation(time.RFC3339Nano, v, time.UTC); err == nil {
+							result[idx] = tm
+						} else if tm, err := time.ParseInLocation(time.RFC3339, v, time.UTC); err == nil {
+							result[idx] = tm
+						} else if tm, err := time.ParseInLocation("2006-01-02", v, time.UTC); err == nil {
+							result[idx] = tm
+						} else {
+							return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+						}
+
+					case bool:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+
+					case interface{}:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+
+					default:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrInternalf("unhandled type '%T'", evalValue)
+					}
+
+				case *parser.DataTypeString:
+					switch v := evalValue.(type) {
+					case float64:
+						// if a whole number make it an int
+						if v == float64(int64(v)) {
+							result[idx] = fmt.Sprintf("%d", int64(v))
+						} else {
+							result[idx] = fmt.Sprintf("%f", v)
+						}
+
+					case []interface{}:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+
+					case string:
+						result[idx] = v
+
+					case bool:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+
+					case interface{}:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+
+					default:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrInternalf("unhandled type '%T'", evalValue)
+					}
+
+				case *parser.DataTypeBool:
+					switch v := evalValue.(type) {
+					case float64:
+						// if a whole number make it an int, and convert to a bool
+						if v == float64(int64(v)) {
+							result[idx] = v > 0
+						} else {
+							return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+						}
+
+					case []interface{}:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+
+					case string:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+
+					case bool:
+						result[idx] = v
+
+					case interface{}:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+
+					default:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrInternalf("unhandled type '%T'", evalValue)
+					}
+
+				case *parser.DataTypeDecimal:
+					switch v := evalValue.(type) {
+					case float64:
+						result[idx] = pql.FromFloat64(v)
+
+					case []interface{}:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+
+					case string:
+						// try to parse from a string
+						dv, err := pql.ParseDecimal(v)
+						if err != nil {
+							return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+						}
+						result[idx] = dv
+
+					case bool:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+
+					case interface{}:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrTypeConversionOnMap(0, 0, v, mapColumn.colType.TypeDescription())
+
+					default:
+						return nil, sql3.NewErrInternalf("unhandled type '%T'", evalValue)
+					}
+
+				default:
+					return nil, sql3.NewErrInternalf("unhandled type '%T'", mapColumn.colType)
+				}
+			}
+			return result, nil
 		}
-		return result, nil
+		return nil, types.ErrNoMoreRows
 	}
-	return nil, types.ErrNoMoreRows
 }
 
 func (i *bulkInsertSourceNDJsonRowIter) Close(ctx context.Context) {
diff --git a/sql3/planner/planoptimizer.go b/sql3/planner/planoptimizer.go
index cac459f8c..7b8d44b3b 100644
--- a/sql3/planner/planoptimizer.go
+++ b/sql3/planner/planoptimizer.go
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ func (p *ExecutionPlanner) optimizePlan(ctx context.Context, plan types.PlanOper
 		"--------------------------------------------------------------------------------",
 	)
 
+	// check that result is a PlanOpQuery
+	_, ok := result.(*PlanOpQuery)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, sql3.NewErrInternalf("unexpected root operator type '%T'", result)
+	}
+
 	return result, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/sql3/sql_complex_test.go b/sql3/sql_complex_test.go
index ee773b9e2..dc1f9effb 100644
--- a/sql3/sql_complex_test.go
+++ b/sql3/sql_complex_test.go
@@ -1783,7 +1783,7 @@ func TestPlanner_BulkInsert(t *testing.T) {
 		'petalWidth' DECIMAL,
 		'species' STRING)
 		from
-		'{"id": 1, "sepalLength": "5.1", "sepalWidth": "3.5", "petalLength": "1.4", "petalWidth": "0.2", "species": "setosa"}
+		x'{"id": 1, "sepalLength": "5.1", "sepalWidth": "3.5", "petalLength": "1.4", "petalWidth": "0.2", "species": "setosa"}
 		{"id": 2, "sepalLength": "4.9", "sepalWidth": "3.0", "petalLength": "1.4", "petalWidth": "0.2", "species": "setosa"}
 		{"id": 3, "sepalLength": "4.7", "sepalWidth": "3.2", "petalLength": "1.3", "petalWidth": "0.2", "species": "setosa"}'
 		with
@@ -1802,7 +1802,7 @@ func TestPlanner_BulkInsert(t *testing.T) {
 		'petalWidth' DECIMAL(2),
 		'species' STRING)
 		from
-		'{"id": 1, "sepalLength": "5.1", "sepalWidth": "3.5", "petalLength": "1.4", "petalWidth": "0.2", "species": "setosa"}
+		x'{"id": 1, "sepalLength": "5.1", "sepalWidth": "3.5", "petalLength": "1.4", "petalWidth": "0.2", "species": "setosa"}
 		{"id": 2, "sepalLength": "4.9", "sepalWidth": "3.0", "petalLength": "1.4", "petalWidth": "0.2", "species": "setosa"}
 		{"id": 3, "sepalLength": "4.7", "sepalWidth": "3.2", "petalLength": "1.3", "petalWidth": "0.2", "species": "setosa"}'
 		with
@@ -1940,7 +1940,7 @@ func TestPlanner_BulkInsert(t *testing.T) {
 			@5,
 			@6,
 			@7)
-			FROM '{"id_col": "3", "string_col": "TEST", "decimal_col": "1.12", "bool_col": false, "time_col": "2013-07-15T01:18:46Z", "stringset_col": "stringset1","ideset_col": 1}
+			FROM x'{"id_col": "3", "string_col": "TEST", "decimal_col": "1.12", "bool_col": false, "time_col": "2013-07-15T01:18:46Z", "stringset_col": "stringset1","ideset_col": 1}
 			{"id_col": "4", "string_col": "TEST2", "decimal_col": "1.12", "bool_col": false, "time_col": "2013-07-15T01:18:46Z", "stringset_col": ["stringset1","stringset3"],"ideset_col": [1,2]}
 			{"id_col": "5", "string_col": "TEST", "int_col": "321", "decimal_col": "12.1", "bool_col": 1, "time_col": "2014-07-15T01:18:46Z", "stringset_col": "stringset2","ideset_col": [1,3]}'
 			with