diff --git a/src/client/inc/tscUtil.h b/src/client/inc/tscUtil.h
index c4fba06426bfed3c45b8ec93933afc8e9ff35438..79a792ab65a5327d68f3e75da4ee0610d1f7a6fd 100644
--- a/src/client/inc/tscUtil.h
+++ b/src/client/inc/tscUtil.h
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ SColumn* tscColumnListInsert(SArray* pColList, SColumnIndex* colIndex);
 SArray* tscColumnListClone(const SArray* src, int16_t tableIndex);
 void tscColumnListDestroy(SArray* pColList);
 
+void tscDequoteAndTrimToken(SStrToken* pToken);
 int32_t tscValidateName(SStrToken* pToken);
 
 void tscIncStreamExecutionCount(void* pStream);
diff --git a/src/client/src/tscParseInsert.c b/src/client/src/tscParseInsert.c
index 327aac22d159875ba644890e4a0fd41e1998ecdf..6fd97c09e97dd876fb58f9908a0b04bc8b3d9bfd 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscParseInsert.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscParseInsert.c
@@ -1192,8 +1192,7 @@ int tsParseInsertSql(SSqlObj *pSql) {
         str += index;
 
         if (TK_STRING == sToken.type) {
-          strdequote(sToken.z);
-          sToken.n = (uint32_t)strtrim(sToken.z);
+          tscDequoteAndTrimToken(&sToken);
         }
 
         if (sToken.type == TK_RP) {
diff --git a/src/client/src/tscUtil.c b/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
index 20c3bc2cb6136b2801b7db8345de87ed5e67657a..23f412ddd1de1b7ae0f35b702337a9173f984959 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
@@ -1265,6 +1265,51 @@ static int32_t validateQuoteToken(SStrToken* pToken) {
   return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+void tscDequoteAndTrimToken(SStrToken* pToken) {
+  assert(pToken->type == TK_STRING);
+
+  uint32_t first = 0, last = pToken->n;
+
+  // trim leading spaces
+  while (first < last) {
+    char c = pToken->z[first];
+    if (c != ' ' && c != '\t') {
+      break;
+    }
+    first++;
+  }
+
+  // trim ending spaces
+  while (first < last) {
+    char c = pToken->z[last - 1];
+    if (c != ' ' && c != '\t') {
+      break;
+    }
+    last--;
+  }
+
+  // there are still at least two characters
+  if (first < last - 1) {
+    char c = pToken->z[first];
+    // dequote
+    if ((c == '\'' || c == '"') && c == pToken->z[last - 1]) {
+      first++;
+      last--;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // left shift the string and pad spaces
+  for (uint32_t i = 0; i + first < last; i++) {
+    pToken->z[i] = pToken->z[first + i];
+  }
+  for (uint32_t i = last - first; i < pToken->n; i++) {
+    pToken->z[i] = ' ';
+  }
+
+  // adjust token length
+  pToken->n = last - first;
+}
+
 int32_t tscValidateName(SStrToken* pToken) {
   if (pToken->type != TK_STRING && pToken->type != TK_ID) {
     return TSDB_CODE_TSC_INVALID_SQL;
@@ -1748,6 +1793,7 @@ SSqlObj* createSimpleSubObj(SSqlObj* pSql, void (*fp)(), void* param, int32_t cm
   SSqlCmd* pCmd = &pNew->cmd;
   pCmd->command = cmd;
   pCmd->parseFinished = 1;
+  pCmd->autoCreated = pSql->cmd.autoCreated;
 
   if (tscAddSubqueryInfo(pCmd) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
     tscFreeSqlObj(pNew);