diff --git a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerPreparedStatement.java b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerPreparedStatement.java
index 2128f9cef..244cfb696 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerPreparedStatement.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerPreparedStatement.java
@@ -1246,16 +1246,25 @@ public final java.sql.ResultSetMetaData getMetaData() throws SQLServerException,
      */
     private SQLServerResultSet buildExecuteMetaData() throws SQLServerException, SQLTimeoutException {
         String fmtSQL = userSQL;
-
+ 
         SQLServerResultSet emptyResultSet = null;
         try {
-            fmtSQL = replaceMarkerWithNull(fmtSQL);
             internalStmt = (SQLServerStatement) connection.createStatement();
             emptyResultSet = internalStmt.executeQueryInternal("set fmtonly on " + fmtSQL + "\nset fmtonly off");
         } catch (SQLServerException sqle) {
             // Ignore empty result set errors, otherwise propagate the server error.
             if (!sqle.getMessage().equals(SQLServerException.getErrString("R_noResultset"))) {
-                throw sqle;
+                //try by replacing ? characters in case that was an issue 
+                       try {
+                          fmtSQL = replaceMarkerWithNull(fmtSQL);
+                          internalStmt = (SQLServerStatement) connection.createStatement();
+                          emptyResultSet = internalStmt.executeQueryInternal("set fmtonly on " + fmtSQL + "\nset fmtonly off");
+                       } catch (SQLServerException ex) {
+                          // Ignore empty result set errors, otherwise propagate the server error.
+                          if (!ex.getMessage().equals(SQLServerException.getErrString("R_noResultset"))) {
+                             throw ex;
+                          }
+               }
             }
         }
         return emptyResultSet;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/unit/statement/PreparedStatementTest.java b/src/test/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/unit/statement/PreparedStatementTest.java
index 23c89071d..87e0994aa 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/unit/statement/PreparedStatementTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/unit/statement/PreparedStatementTest.java
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.sql.BatchUpdateException;
+import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Statement;
 import java.sql.Types;
@@ -124,6 +126,25 @@ public void testPreparedStatementWithSpPrepare() throws SQLException {
             }
         }
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    void testDatabaseQueryMetaData() throws SQLException {
+        try (Connection connection = getConnection()) {
+            try (SQLServerPreparedStatement stmt = (SQLServerPreparedStatement) connection.prepareStatement(
+                    "select 1 as \"any questions ???\"")) {
+                ResultSetMetaData metaData = stmt.getMetaData();
+                String actualLabel = metaData.getColumnLabel(1);
+                String actualName = metaData.getColumnName(1);
+
+                String expected = "any questions ???";
+                assertEquals(expected, actualLabel, "Column label should match the expected value");
+                assertEquals(expected, actualName, "Column name should match the expected value");
+            }
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            fail("SQLException occurred during test: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
 
     @Test
     public void testPreparedStatementParamNameSpacingWithMultipleParams() throws SQLException {
@@ -927,5 +948,5 @@ private static void dropTables() throws Exception {
             TestUtils.dropTableIfExists(AbstractSQLGenerator.escapeIdentifier(tableName5), stmt);
         }
     }
-
+    
 }