Norbert Saint Georges wrote 20.12.2021 12:40:
a varbinary has a subtype of 1 and not 0 (binary) normal?
Yes. According to README.data_types.txt subtype 1 is what distinguishes VARBINARY from VARCHAR. Though at API level subtype is returned as 0 because of limitations of engine internals.
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