diff --git a/lib/src/sql/ident.rs b/lib/src/sql/ident.rs
index f8df5019..380ad3ad 100644
--- a/lib/src/sql/ident.rs
+++ b/lib/src/sql/ident.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ impl Deref for Ident {
 	}
 }
 
+impl Ident {
+	pub fn to_raw(&self) -> String {
+		self.0.to_string()
+	}
+}
+
 impl fmt::Display for Ident {
 	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
 		write!(f, "{}", escape_ident(&self.0))
diff --git a/lib/src/sql/idiom.rs b/lib/src/sql/idiom.rs
index 8c180feb..d77b9334 100644
--- a/lib/src/sql/idiom.rs
+++ b/lib/src/sql/idiom.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ impl Deref for Idiom {
 	}
 }
 
+impl From<String> for Idiom {
+	fn from(v: String) -> Self {
+		Idiom(vec![Part::from(v)])
+	}
+}
+
 impl From<Vec<Part>> for Idiom {
 	fn from(v: Vec<Part>) -> Self {
 		Idiom(v)
@@ -61,6 +67,15 @@ impl Idiom {
 	pub fn to_path(&self) -> String {
 		format!("/{}", self).replace(']', "").replace(&['.', '['][..], "/")
 	}
+	///
+	pub fn simplify(&self) -> Idiom {
+		self.0
+			.iter()
+			.cloned()
+			.filter(|p| matches!(p, Part::Field(_) | Part::Graph(_)))
+			.collect::<Vec<_>>()
+			.into()
+	}
 }
 
 impl Idiom {
diff --git a/lib/src/sql/object.rs b/lib/src/sql/object.rs
index 6efa90fb..1fcc6fb7 100644
--- a/lib/src/sql/object.rs
+++ b/lib/src/sql/object.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ impl Object {
 			Some(o) => match self.get("path") {
 				Some(p) => Ok(Operation {
 					op: o.into(),
-					path: p.to_idiom(),
+					path: p.jsonpath(),
 					value: match self.get("value") {
 						Some(v) => v.clone(),
 						None => Value::Null,
diff --git a/lib/src/sql/value/set.rs b/lib/src/sql/value/set.rs
index ff0c3953..2a98547f 100644
--- a/lib/src/sql/value/set.rs
+++ b/lib/src/sql/value/set.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ impl Value {
 						_ => {
 							let mut obj = Value::base();
 							obj.set(ctx, opt, txn, path.next(), val).await?;
-							v.insert(f.to_string(), obj);
+							v.insert(f.to_raw(), obj);
 							Ok(())
 						}
 					},
diff --git a/lib/src/sql/value/value.rs b/lib/src/sql/value/value.rs
index 08f9ae75..a6bbb87b 100644
--- a/lib/src/sql/value/value.rs
+++ b/lib/src/sql/value/value.rs
@@ -639,13 +639,18 @@ impl Value {
 	}
 
 	pub fn to_idiom(&self) -> Idiom {
-		self.to_strand()
-			.as_str()
-			.trim_start_matches('/')
-			.split(&['.', '/'][..])
-			.map(Part::from)
-			.collect::<Vec<Part>>()
-			.into()
+		match self {
+			Value::Idiom(v) => v.simplify(),
+			Value::Strand(v) => v.0.to_string().into(),
+			Value::Datetime(v) => v.0.to_string().into(),
+			Value::Function(v) => match v.as_ref() {
+				Function::Future(_) => "fn::future".to_string().into(),
+				Function::Script(_) => "fn::script".to_string().into(),
+				Function::Normal(f, _) => f.to_string().into(),
+				_ => v.to_string().into(),
+			},
+			_ => self.to_string().into(),
+		}
 	}
 
 	// -----------------------------------
@@ -738,6 +743,20 @@ impl Value {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// -----------------------------------
+	// JSON Path conversion
+	// -----------------------------------
+
+	pub fn jsonpath(&self) -> Idiom {
+		self.to_strand()
+			.as_str()
+			.trim_start_matches('/')
+			.split(&['.', '/'][..])
+			.map(Part::from)
+			.collect::<Vec<Part>>()
+			.into()
+	}
+
 	// -----------------------------------
 	// Value operations
 	// -----------------------------------