diff --git a/testApp/testpdb.cpp b/testApp/testpdb.cpp
index ec789a4..b7eed2f 100644
--- a/testApp/testpdb.cpp
+++ b/testApp/testpdb.cpp
@@ -292,6 +292,45 @@ void testGroupMonitorTriggers(pvac::ClientProvider& client)
 #endif
 }
 
+void testFilters(pvac::ClientProvider& client)
+{
+    testDiag("test w/ server side filters");
+
+    pvd::shared_vector<const pvd::int16> expected;
+    {
+        pvd::shared_vector<pvd::int16> scratch(9);
+        scratch[0] = 9;
+        scratch[1] = 8;
+        scratch[2] = 7;
+        scratch[3] = 6;
+        scratch[4] = 5;
+        scratch[5] = 4;
+        scratch[6] = 3;
+        scratch[7] = 2;
+        scratch[8] = 1;
+        expected = pvd::freeze(scratch);
+    }
+
+    client.connect("TEST").put().set("value", expected).exec();
+
+    pvd::PVStructure::const_shared_pointer root(client.connect("TEST").get());
+
+    testFieldEqual<pvd::PVShortArray>(root, "value", expected);
+
+    root = client.connect("TEST.{\"arr\":{\"i\":2}}").get();
+    {
+        pvd::shared_vector<pvd::int16> scratch(5);
+        scratch[0] = 9;
+        scratch[1] = 7;
+        scratch[2] = 5;
+        scratch[3] = 3;
+        scratch[4] = 1;
+        expected = pvd::freeze(scratch);
+    }
+
+    testFieldEqual<pvd::PVShortArray>(root, "value", expected);
+}
+
 } // namespace
 
 extern "C"
@@ -299,7 +338,7 @@ void p2pTestIoc_registerRecordDeviceDriver(struct dbBase *);
 
 MAIN(testpdb)
 {
-    testPlan(93);
+    testPlan(95);
     try{
         QSRVRegistrar_counters();
         epics::RefSnapshot ref_before;
@@ -318,6 +357,7 @@ MAIN(testpdb)
 #ifdef USE_MULTILOCK
         testdbReadDatabase("testpdb-groups.db", NULL, NULL);
 #endif
+        testdbReadDatabase("testfilters.db", NULL, NULL);
 
         IOC.init();
 
@@ -333,6 +373,7 @@ MAIN(testpdb)
             testSingleMonitor(client);
             testGroupMonitor(client);
             testGroupMonitorTriggers(client);
+            testFilters(client);
 
             testEqual(epics::atomic::get(PDBProvider::num_instances), 1u);
         }
diff --git a/testApp/testpvif.cpp b/testApp/testpvif.cpp
index d08120d..9427877 100644
--- a/testApp/testpvif.cpp
+++ b/testApp/testpvif.cpp
@@ -562,15 +562,15 @@ void testFilters()
 
     IOC.init();
 
-    static epicsInt32 arr[] = {9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1};
+    static const epicsInt32 arr[] = {9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1};
     testdbPutArrFieldOk("TEST", DBF_LONG, 9, arr);
 
 #if EPICS_VERSION_INT > VERSION_INT(7, 0, 5, 0)
     testdbGetArrFieldEqual("TEST", DBF_LONG, 10, 9, arr);
-    testdbGetArrFieldEqual("TEST.{arr:{s:5}}", DBF_LONG, 10, 4, arr+5);
+    testdbGetArrFieldEqual("TEST.{\"arr\":{\"s\":5}}", DBF_LONG, 10, 4, arr+5);
 
-    static epicsInt32 arr2[] = {9, 7, 5, 3, 1};
-    testdbGetArrFieldEqual("TEST.{arr:{i:2}}", DBF_LONG, 10, 5, arr2);
+    static const epicsInt32 arr2[] = {9, 7, 5, 3, 1};
+    testdbGetArrFieldEqual("TEST.{\"arr\":{\"i\":2}}", DBF_LONG, 10, 5, arr2);
 
 #else
     testSkip(3, "dbUnitTest doesn't use dbChannel");
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ void testFilters()
     pvd::PVStructurePtr root;
     p2p::auto_ptr<PVIF> pvif;
 
-    DBCH chan("TEST.{arr:{i:2}}");
+    DBCH chan("TEST.{\"arr\":{\"i\":2}}");
     ScalarBuilder builder(chan);
 
     root = pvd::FieldBuilder::begin()