diff --git a/core/src/iam/verify.rs b/core/src/iam/verify.rs
index 8fde54ea..42096109 100644
--- a/core/src/iam/verify.rs
+++ b/core/src/iam/verify.rs
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ mod tests {
 		// Test with generic user identifier
 		//
 		{
-			let resource_id = "user:⟨2k9qnabxuxh8k4d5gfto⟩".to_string();
+			let resource_id = "user:2k9qnabxuxh8k4d5gfto".to_string();
 			// Prepare the claims object
 			let mut claims = claims.clone();
 			claims.id = Some(resource_id.clone());
diff --git a/core/src/sql/escape.rs b/core/src/sql/escape.rs
index f1df3b50..1badad4b 100644
--- a/core/src/sql/escape.rs
+++ b/core/src/sql/escape.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ pub fn escape_key(s: &str) -> Cow<'_, str> {
 #[inline]
 /// Escapes an id if necessary
 pub fn escape_rid(s: &str) -> Cow<'_, str> {
-	escape_numeric(s, BRACKETL, BRACKETR, BRACKET_ESC)
+	escape_full_numeric(s, BRACKETL, BRACKETR, BRACKET_ESC)
 }
 
 #[inline]
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pub fn escape_ident(s: &str) -> Cow<'_, str> {
 	if let Some(x) = escape_reserved_keyword(s) {
 		return Cow::Owned(x);
 	}
-	escape_numeric(s, BACKTICK, BACKTICK, BACKTICK_ESC)
+	escape_starts_numeric(s, BACKTICK, BACKTICK, BACKTICK_ESC)
 }
 
 #[inline]
@@ -95,7 +95,29 @@ pub fn escape_reserved_keyword(s: &str) -> Option<String> {
 }
 
 #[inline]
-pub fn escape_numeric<'a>(s: &'a str, l: char, r: char, e: &str) -> Cow<'a, str> {
+pub fn escape_full_numeric<'a>(s: &'a str, l: char, r: char, e: &str) -> Cow<'a, str> {
+	let mut numeric = true;
+	// Loop over each character
+	for x in s.bytes() {
+		// Check if character is allowed
+		if !(x.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || x == b'_') {
+			return Cow::Owned(format!("{l}{}{r}", s.replace(r, e)));
+		}
+		// For every character, we need to check if it is a digit until we encounter a non-digit
+		if numeric && !x.is_ascii_digit() {
+			numeric = false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// If all characters are digits, then we need to escape the string
+	if numeric {
+		return Cow::Owned(format!("{l}{}{r}", s.replace(r, e)));
+	}
+	Cow::Borrowed(s)
+}
+
+#[inline]
+pub fn escape_starts_numeric<'a>(s: &'a str, l: char, r: char, e: &str) -> Cow<'a, str> {
 	// Loop over each character
 	for (idx, x) in s.bytes().enumerate() {
 		// the first character is not allowed to be a digit.