Hi! On Jul 13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a query like this > > select hex(blob_field) as myField from table > > When the blob field is empty ('') it returns 'x'. > > i'm using ADO with Visual Basic and MyODBC 3.51. > MySQL Version is 4.0.18 and SO is Win XP Pro (also happens on Windows 2K)
If you can provide a repeatable test case, please submit a bugreport at bugs.mysql.com So far I was not able to repeat it: mysql> create table a (b blob); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec) mysql> insert a values (NULL), (''), (0), ('aaa'); Query OK, 4 rows affected (0.02 sec) Records: 4 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> select hex(b) from a; +--------+ | hex(b) | +--------+ | NULL | | | | 30 | | 616161 | +--------+ 4 rows in set (0.01 sec) Regards, Sergei -- __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Sergei Golubchik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ MySQL AB, Senior Software Developer /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ Osnabrueck, Germany <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]