diff --git a/include/pq/connection.hpp b/include/pq/connection.hpp
index 2099b69..111a3ef 100644
--- a/include/pq/connection.hpp
+++ b/include/pq/connection.hpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ namespace pq {
 		void connect ( void );
 		void disconnect ( void );
 		ResultSet query ( const std::string& parQuery );
+		ResultSet query ( const char* parQuery );
 
 		std::string escaped_literal ( const std::string& parString );
 		std::string escaped_literal ( boost::string_ref parString );
diff --git a/src/pq/connection.cpp b/src/pq/connection.cpp
index d7b9831..f83120d 100644
--- a/src/pq/connection.cpp
+++ b/src/pq/connection.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,13 @@ namespace pq {
 	}
 
 	ResultSet Connection::query (const std::string& parQuery) {
-		ResultInfo info(PQexec(m_localData->connection, parQuery.c_str()));
+		assert(not parQuery.empty());
+		return this->query(parQuery.c_str());
+	}
+
+	ResultSet Connection::query (const char* parQuery) {
+		assert(parQuery);
+		ResultInfo info(PQexec(m_localData->connection, parQuery));
 		if (not info.result)
 			throw DatabaseException("Error running query", "Error allocating result object", __FILE__, __LINE__);
 		const int ress = PQresultStatus(info.result.get());