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diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/dbal.php b/phpBB/includes/db/dbal.php
index b29e279..3adec08 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/dbal.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/dbal.php
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ class dbal
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					$values[] = $this->_sql_validate_value($var);
+					$values[] = $this->_sql_validate_value($var, $key);
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -541,12 +541,17 @@ class dbal
 	* Function for validating values
 	* @access private
 	*/
-	function _sql_validate_value($var)
+	function _sql_validate_value($var, $key = '')
 	{
 		if (is_null($var))
 		{
 			return 'NULL';
 		}
+		else if (is_string($var) && !empty($var) && $key == 'c_varbinary')
+		{
+			$array = unpack("H*", $var);
+			return "x'" . $array[1] . "'";
+		}
 		else if (is_string($var))
 		{
 			return "'" . $this->sql_escape($var) . "'";