diff --git a/apache2/msc_util.c b/apache2/msc_util.c
index 5bfe9c5e..427eebf2 100644
--- a/apache2/msc_util.c
+++ b/apache2/msc_util.c
@@ -419,15 +419,20 @@ char *file_dirname(apr_pool_t *p, const char *filename) {
 /**
  *
  */
-int hex2bytes_inplace(unsigned char *data, int len) {
+int sql_hex2bytes_inplace(unsigned char *data, int len) {
     unsigned char *d = data;
-    char print = 0;
+    char print = 0, found = 0;
     int i, count = 0;
 
     if ((data == NULL)||(len == 0)) return 0;
 
     for(i = 0; i <= len - 1; i++) {
-        if(VALID_HEX(data[i]) && VALID_HEX(data[i+1]))  {
+        if(data[i] == 0x30 && data[i+1] == 0x78)    {
+            found = 1;
+            i++; continue;
+        }
+
+        if(VALID_HEX(data[i]) && VALID_HEX(data[i+1]) && found)  {
             print = data[i];
             if(print > 0x31 && print < 0x38)    {
                 *d++ = x2c(&data[i]);
@@ -441,6 +446,26 @@ int hex2bytes_inplace(unsigned char *data, int len) {
         } else  {
             *d++ = data[i];
         }
+
+        count++;
+    }
+    *d = '\0';
+
+    return count;
+}
+
+/**
+ *
+ *
+ */
+int hex2bytes_inplace(unsigned char *data, int len) {
+    unsigned char *d = data;
+    int i, count = 0;
+
+    if ((data == NULL)||(len == 0)) return 0;
+
+    for(i = 0; i <= len - 2; i += 2) {
+        *d++ = x2c(&data[i]);
         count++;
     }
     *d = '\0';
diff --git a/apache2/msc_util.h b/apache2/msc_util.h
index 8617478c..cde36e94 100644
--- a/apache2/msc_util.h
+++ b/apache2/msc_util.h
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ char DSOLOCAL *file_dirname(apr_pool_t *p, const char *filename);
 
 char DSOLOCAL *file_basename(apr_pool_t *p, const char *filename);
 
+int DSOLOCAL sql_hex2bytes_inplace(unsigned char *data, int len);
+
 int DSOLOCAL hex2bytes_inplace(unsigned char *data, int len);
 
 char DSOLOCAL *bytes2hex(apr_pool_t *pool, unsigned char *data, int len);
diff --git a/tests/tfn/hexDecode.t b/tests/tfn/hexDecode.t
index b130d765..ac6b4236 100644
--- a/tests/tfn/hexDecode.t
+++ b/tests/tfn/hexDecode.t
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	type => "tfn",
 	name => "hexDecode",
 	input => "546573740043617365",
-	output => "Test00Case",
+	output => "Test\0Case",
 	ret => 1,
 },
 
@@ -31,20 +31,20 @@
 	type => "tfn",
 	name => "hexDecode",
 	input => "01234567890a0z01234567890a",
-	output => "01#Eg890a0z01#Eg890a",
+	output => "\x01#Eg\x89\x0a#\x01#Eg\x89\x0a",
 	ret => 1,
 },
 {
 	type => "tfn",
 	name => "hexDecode",
 	input => "01234567890az",
-	output => "01#Eg890az",
+	output => "\x01#Eg\x89\x0a",
 	ret => 1,
 },
 {
 	type => "tfn",
 	name => "hexDecode",
 	input => "01234567890a0",
-	output => "01#Eg890a0",
+	output => "\x01#Eg\x89\x0a",
 	ret => 1,
 },