MySQL UNHEX() function
UNHEX() function
MySQL UNHEX() function performs the opposite operation of HEX(). This function interprets each pair of hexadecimal digits (in the argument) as a number and converts it to a character.
Syntax:
UNHEX (str)
The return value is a binary string.
Argument:
Name | Description |
---|---|
str | A string which is to be converted to a decimal number. |
Syntax Diagram:

MySQL Version: 5.6
Example: MySQL UNHEX() function
mysql> SELECT UNHEX('4d7953514c205475746f7269616c2c77337265736f757263'); +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | UNHEX('4d7953514c205475746f7269616c2c77337265736f757263') | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | MySQL Tutorial,w3resourc | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.01 sec) mysql> SELECT UNHEX(HEX('w3resource')); +--------------------------+ | UNHEX(HEX('w3resource')) | +--------------------------+ | w3resource | +--------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> SELECT HEX(UNHEX(1234)); +------------------+ | HEX(UNHEX(1234)) | +------------------+ | 1234 | +------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
In UNHEX() function the characters in the argument string must be legal hexadecimal digits i.e. '0'..'9', 'A'.. 'F', 'a'..'f'. If there are nonhexadecimal digits in argument part, the function will return NULL. See the following statement:
mysql> SELECT UNHEX('www'); +--------------+ | UNHEX('www') | +--------------+ | NULL | +--------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
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