How to store varbinary in MySQL?

Question

Just a quick question..

Out of two options mentioned below, how to store to varbinary column in MySQL?

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Answer 1

Printable data can be inserted using quotes. Non-printable data can be inserted using hexadecimal values. I.e.:

INSERT INTO Table(VarBinaryColumn) VALUES('Printable data') -- Will be stored as binary representation using the charset of the operating system

INSERT INTO Table(VarBinaryColumn) VALUES(0x12345) -- Non-printable binary data