diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/db/SQLServerDBRecordReader.java b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/db/SQLServerDBRecordReader.java
index 2c8a9fd2..c879c709 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/db/SQLServerDBRecordReader.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/db/SQLServerDBRecordReader.java
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ protected String getSelectQuery() {
       StringBuilder lowerClause = new StringBuilder();
       lowerClause.append(getDBConf().getInputOrderBy());
       lowerClause.append(" > ");
-      lowerClause.append(lastRecordValue.toString());
+      lowerClause.append("'" + lastRecordValue.toString() + "'");
 
       // Get the select query with the lowerClause, and split upper clause
       selectQuery = getSelectQuery(lowerClause.toString(),