diff --git a/lib/src/sql/datetime.rs b/lib/src/sql/datetime.rs
index 69ba6c8d..535c14ab 100644
--- a/lib/src/sql/datetime.rs
+++ b/lib/src/sql/datetime.rs
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ use std::ops;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::str;
 
-const SINGLE: char = '\'';
-const DOUBLE: char = '"';
-
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Datetime(pub DateTime<Utc>);
 
@@ -91,8 +88,8 @@ impl ops::Sub<Self> for Datetime {
 
 pub fn datetime(i: &str) -> IResult<&str, Datetime> {
 	alt((
-		delimited(char(DOUBLE), datetime_raw, char(DOUBLE)),
-		delimited(char(SINGLE), datetime_raw, char(SINGLE)),
+		delimited(char('\''), datetime_raw, char('\'')),
+		delimited(char('\"'), datetime_raw, char('\"')),
 	))(i)
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/src/sql/thing.rs b/lib/src/sql/thing.rs
index 7fdcae7f..88690fd3 100644
--- a/lib/src/sql/thing.rs
+++ b/lib/src/sql/thing.rs
@@ -11,13 +11,11 @@ use crate::sql::value::Value;
 use derive::Store;
 use nom::branch::alt;
 use nom::character::complete::char;
+use nom::sequence::delimited;
 use serde::ser::SerializeStruct;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fmt;
 
-const SINGLE: char = '\'';
-const DOUBLE: char = '"';
-
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Deserialize, Store)]
 pub struct Thing {
 	pub tb: String,
@@ -101,15 +99,18 @@ impl Serialize for Thing {
 }
 
 pub fn thing(i: &str) -> IResult<&str, Thing> {
-	let (i, v) = thing_raw(i)?;
-	Ok((i, v))
+	alt((thing_raw, thing_single, thing_double))(i)
+}
+
+fn thing_single(i: &str) -> IResult<&str, Thing> {
+	delimited(char('\''), thing_raw, char('\''))(i)
+}
+
+fn thing_double(i: &str) -> IResult<&str, Thing> {
+	delimited(char('\"'), thing_raw, char('\"'))(i)
 }
 
 fn thing_raw(i: &str) -> IResult<&str, Thing> {
-	alt((thing_normal, thing_single, thing_double))(i)
-}
-
-fn thing_normal(i: &str) -> IResult<&str, Thing> {
 	let (i, t) = ident_raw(i)?;
 	let (i, _) = char(':')(i)?;
 	let (i, v) = id(i)?;
@@ -122,20 +123,6 @@ fn thing_normal(i: &str) -> IResult<&str, Thing> {
 	))
 }
 
-fn thing_single(i: &str) -> IResult<&str, Thing> {
-	let (i, _) = char(SINGLE)(i)?;
-	let (i, v) = thing_normal(i)?;
-	let (i, _) = char(SINGLE)(i)?;
-	Ok((i, v))
-}
-
-fn thing_double(i: &str) -> IResult<&str, Thing> {
-	let (i, _) = char(DOUBLE)(i)?;
-	let (i, v) = thing_normal(i)?;
-	let (i, _) = char(DOUBLE)(i)?;
-	Ok((i, v))
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
 
diff --git a/lib/src/sql/uuid.rs b/lib/src/sql/uuid.rs
index ce9beca5..bb260867 100644
--- a/lib/src/sql/uuid.rs
+++ b/lib/src/sql/uuid.rs
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ use std::fmt;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::str;
 
-const SINGLE: char = '\'';
-const DOUBLE: char = '"';
-
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Eq, Ord, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Uuid(pub uuid::Uuid);
 
@@ -66,10 +63,15 @@ impl Serialize for Uuid {
 }
 
 pub fn uuid(i: &str) -> IResult<&str, Uuid> {
-	alt((
-		delimited(char(DOUBLE), uuid_raw, char(DOUBLE)),
-		delimited(char(SINGLE), uuid_raw, char(SINGLE)),
-	))(i)
+	alt((uuid_single, uuid_double))(i)
+}
+
+fn uuid_single(i: &str) -> IResult<&str, Uuid> {
+	delimited(char('\''), uuid_raw, char('\''))(i)
+}
+
+fn uuid_double(i: &str) -> IResult<&str, Uuid> {
+	delimited(char('\"'), uuid_raw, char('\"'))(i)
 }
 
 fn uuid_raw(i: &str) -> IResult<&str, Uuid> {