diff --git a/icons/token_shortland_character.png b/icons/token_shortland_character.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83314ac
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diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index 457f8eb..e0c8310 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <QCloseEvent>
+#include <QMetaObject>
+#include <QMetaMethod>
 #include <querytab.h>
 #include "util.h"
 #include "MasterController.h"
@@ -155,37 +157,6 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionAbout_triggered()
 
 }
 
-#if false
-
-void Copy(		)
-{
-	QString selected_text;
-	// You need a pair of indexes to find the row changes
-	QModelIndex previous = indexes.first();
-	indexes.removeFirst();
-	foreach(current, indexes)
-	{
-		QVariant data = model->data(current);
-		QString text = data.toString();
-		// At this point `text` contains the text in one cell
-		selected_text.append(text);
-		// If you are at the start of the row the row number of the previous index
-		// isn't the same.  Text is followed by a row separator, which is a newline.
-		if (current.row() != previous.row())
-		{
-			selected_text.append('\n');
-		}
-		// Otherwise it's the same row, so append a column separator, which is a tab.
-		else
-		{
-			selected_text.append('\t');
-		}
-		previous = current;
-	}
-	QApplication.clipboard().setText(selected_text);
-}
-#endif
-
 void MainWindow::on_actionExecute_SQL_triggered()
 {
 	QueryTab *tab = GetActiveQueryTab();
@@ -202,7 +173,6 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionExplain_triggered()
 	}
 }
 
-
 void MainWindow::on_actionExplain_Analyze_triggered()
 {
 	QueryTab *tab = GetActiveQueryTab();
@@ -269,5 +239,26 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionCopy_triggered()
 	if (tv) {
 		copySelectionToClipboard(tv);
 	}
+	else {
+		const QMetaObject *meta = w->metaObject();
+		int i = meta->indexOfSlot("copy");
+		if (i != -1) {
+			QMetaMethod method = meta->method(i);
+			method.invoke(w, Qt::AutoConnection);
+		}
+	}
 	//this->ui->
 }
+
+
+
+void MainWindow::on_actionCopy_as_C_string_triggered()
+{
+	// Find which edit is active, copy the selected text or all text if no selection present
+	// Put quote's around each line and add escapes.
+
+	QueryTab *tab = GetActiveQueryTab();
+	if (tab) {
+		tab->copyQueryAsCString();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/mainwindow.h b/mainwindow.h
index f091695..9f53cb2 100644
--- a/mainwindow.h
+++ b/mainwindow.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ private slots:
 	void on_actionExplain_triggered();
 	void on_actionShow_connection_manager_triggered();
 	void on_actionCopy_triggered();
+	void on_actionCopy_as_C_string_triggered();
 };
 
 #endif // MAINWINDOW_H
diff --git a/mainwindow.ui b/mainwindow.ui
index e0486e4..7a19461 100644
--- a/mainwindow.ui
+++ b/mainwindow.ui
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
      <string>Edit</string>
     </property>
     <addaction name="actionCopy"/>
+    <addaction name="actionCopy_as_C_string"/>
    </widget>
    <addaction name="menuTest"/>
    <addaction name="menuEdit"/>
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@
    <addaction name="actionClose"/>
    <addaction name="separator"/>
    <addaction name="actionCopy"/>
+   <addaction name="actionCopy_as_C_string"/>
    <addaction name="separator"/>
    <addaction name="actionExecute_SQL"/>
    <addaction name="actionExplain"/>
@@ -272,6 +274,19 @@
     <string>Ctrl+C</string>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="actionCopy_as_C_string">
+   <property name="icon">
+    <iconset>
+     <normalon>:/icons/token_shortland_character.png</normalon>
+    </iconset>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Copy as C-string</string>
+   </property>
+   <property name="shortcut">
+    <string>Ctrl+Alt+C</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11"/>
  <resources>
diff --git a/querytab.cpp b/querytab.cpp
index 234ee94..61979a9 100644
--- a/querytab.cpp
+++ b/querytab.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <QTextCodec>
 #include <QTextDocumentFragment>
 #include <QTextStream>
+#include <QClipboard>
 #include "explaintreemodelitem.h"
 #include "json/json.h"
 #include "mainwindow.h"
@@ -550,3 +551,17 @@ void QueryTab::clearResult()
 	resultList.clear();
 //	ui->lblRowCount->clear();
 }
+
+void QueryTab::copyQueryAsCString()
+{
+	QString command;
+	QTextCursor cursor = ui->queryEdit->textCursor();
+	if (cursor.hasSelection()) {
+		command = cursor.selection().toPlainText();
+	}
+	else {
+		command = ui->queryEdit->toPlainText();
+	}
+	QString cs = ConvertToMultiLineCString(command);
+	QApplication::clipboard()->setText(cs);
+}
diff --git a/querytab.h b/querytab.h
index 273efea..7765cb7 100644
--- a/querytab.h
+++ b/querytab.h
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ public:
 	void cancel();
 
 	bool canClose();
+
+	void copyQueryAsCString();
 private:
 
 //	struct ResultTab {
diff --git a/resources.qrc b/resources.qrc
index 8f234dd..86bb166 100644
--- a/resources.qrc
+++ b/resources.qrc
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@
         <file>icons/16x16/document_yellow.png</file>
         <file>icons/backups.png</file>
         <file>icons/page_white_copy.png</file>
+        <file>icons/token_shortland_character.png</file>
     </qresource>
 </RCC>
diff --git a/util.cpp b/util.cpp
index 6bab3b6..cc3cd7a 100644
--- a/util.cpp
+++ b/util.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QTextStream>
 #include <QClipboard>
+#include <sstream>
 
 // Supported range from microseconds to seconds
 // min:sec to hours::min::sec
@@ -81,3 +82,33 @@ void copySelectionToClipboard(const QTableView *view)
 		QApplication::clipboard()->setText(clipboard_string);
 	}
 }
+
+QString ConvertToMultiLineCString(const QString &in)
+{
+	// We need to atleast escape " and \
+	// also any multi byte utf8 char
+
+	QString out;
+	out.append('"');
+	QByteArray ba = in.toUtf8();
+	for (auto c : ba) {
+		if (c == '\\') {
+			out.append("\\\\");
+		}
+		else if (c == '"') {
+			out.append("\\\"");
+		}
+		else if (uchar(c) > 127) {
+			out.append(QString("\\x%1").arg(uchar(c), 2, 16, QChar('0')));
+		}
+		else if (c == '\n') {
+			// at end of line we add a space and a new line in the string then we put in the end quote go to the next line and put the open quote
+			out.append(" \\n\"\n\"");
+		}
+		else {
+			out.append(c);
+		}
+	}
+	out.append('"');
+	return out;
+}
diff --git a/util.h b/util.h
index ac204ce..00d7308 100644
--- a/util.h
+++ b/util.h
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
 
 QString msfloatToHumanReadableString(float ms);
 void copySelectionToClipboard(const QTableView *view);
+QString ConvertToMultiLineCString(const QString &in);
 
 #endif // UTIL_H