How can I directly view blobs in MySQL Workbench

Question

I\'m using MySQL Workbench CE 5.2.30 CE / Rev 6790 . When execute the following statement:

SELECT OLD_PASSWORD(\"test\")

I only get back a nice

Answer 1

there is few things that you can do

SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(CAST(name AS CHAR))
FROM product
WHERE  id   IN (12345,12346,12347)

If you want to order by the query you can order by cast as well like below

SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(name ORDER BY name))
FROM product
WHERE id   IN (12345,12346,12347)

as it says on this blog

http://www.kdecom.com/mysql-group-concat-blob-bug-solved/