diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a938f13eb..f242476f6 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ $Source$
     * libraries/sqlparser.data.php3: Added AUTO_INCREMET to reserved words.
     * tbl_properties_common.php3: Avoid displaying message twice in some cases
       (fixes bug #722378).
+    * libraries/build_dump.lib.php3: Export BLOBs hex quoted.
 
 2003-04-15 Michal Cihar  <nijel@users.sourceforge.net>
     * tbl_query_box.php3: Only display charset selection when a DB is
diff --git a/libraries/build_dump.lib.php3 b/libraries/build_dump.lib.php3
index 6db23c18a..5c81e6cb1 100644
--- a/libraries/build_dump.lib.php3
+++ b/libraries/build_dump.lib.php3
@@ -259,6 +259,12 @@ if (!defined('PMA_BUILD_DUMP_LIB_INCLUDED')){
                 } else {
                     $field_num[$j] = FALSE;
                 }
+                // blob
+                if ($type == 'blob' || $type == 'mediumblob' || $type == 'largeblob' || $type == 'tinyblob') {
+                    $field_blob[$j] = TRUE;
+                } else {
+                    $field_blob[$j] = FALSE;
+                }
             } // end for
 
             // Sets the scheme
@@ -293,9 +299,11 @@ if (!defined('PMA_BUILD_DUMP_LIB_INCLUDED')){
                         // a number
                         if ($field_num[$j]) {
                             $values[] = $row[$j];
-                        }
+                        // a blob
+                        } else if ($field_blob[$j]) {
+                            $values[] = '0x' . bin2hex($row[$j]);
                         // a string
-                        else {
+                        } else {
                             $values[] = "'" . str_replace($search, $replace, PMA_sqlAddslashes($row[$j])) . "'";
                         }
                     } else {
@@ -422,9 +430,11 @@ if (!defined('PMA_BUILD_DUMP_LIB_INCLUDED')){
                     if ($type == 'tinyint' || $type == 'smallint' || $type == 'mediumint' || $type == 'int' ||
                         $type == 'bigint'  ||$type == 'timestamp') {
                         $schema_insert .= $row[$j] . ', ';
-                    }
+                    // blob
+                    } else if ($type == 'blob' || $type == 'mediumblob' || $type == 'largeblob' || $type == 'tinyblob') {
+                        $schema_insert .= '0x' . bin2hex($row[$j]) . ', ';
                     // a string
-                    else {
+                    } else {
                         $dummy  = '';
                         $srcstr = $row[$j];
                         for ($xx = 0; $xx < strlen($srcstr); $xx++) {