diff --git a/classes/expressions/LimeExpressionManager.php b/classes/expressions/LimeExpressionManager.php
index 52bbc32252b..08ad6eaca05 100644
--- a/classes/expressions/LimeExpressionManager.php
+++ b/classes/expressions/LimeExpressionManager.php
@@ -6447,7 +6447,7 @@ private function getQuestionAttributesForEM($surveyid=NULL,$qid=NULL, $lang=NULL
             global $databasetype;
             if ($databasetype == 'odbc_mssql' || $databasetype == 'odbtp' || $databasetype == 'mssql_n' || $databasetype =='mssqlnative')
             {
-                $query = "select distinct a.qid, a.attribute, CAST(a.value as varchar)";
+                $query = "select distinct a.qid, a.attribute, CAST(a.value as varchar) as value";
             }
             else
             {