Thanks for your response Taariq - but as you can see form the log output this isn't the case. The myEval bean actually doesn't do anything but the String it receives during the simple expression evaluation is missing the single quotes - as per the log output:
INSERT INTO SOMETHING (value,'Thing (with brackets) I have published the code to github: https://github.com/welshstew/simple-test <https://github.com/welshstew/simple-test> I'm pulling this out as an example - in another project I am working on because the bean represented by myEval does not get the correct input - then the evaluation of my eventual SQL statement ends up being incorrect. :( -- View this message in context: http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/Unexpected-behaviour-of-Camel-Simple-expression-tp5760163p5760187.html Sent from the Camel - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.