diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 12cb4f28c..57a23bbf8 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ phpMyAdmin - Changelog
 $Id$
 $Source$
 
+2003-05-09 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
+     * libraries/display_tbl.lib.php3: bug 731367: hexifying all
+       TEXT fields (a if on the type returns "blob") caused
+       problems
+
 2003-05-05 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
      * libraries/build_dump.lib.php3: bug 731866: text fields were
        exported hexified, because mysql_field_type() was used and
diff --git a/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php3 b/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php3
index 9fcb67782..1c9b8fb30 100644
--- a/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php3
+++ b/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php3
@@ -917,6 +917,7 @@ if (!defined('PMA_DISPLAY_TBL_LIB_INCLUDED')) {
                 //     "primary" key to use in links
                 if ($is_display['edit_lnk'] == 'ur' /* || $is_display['edit_lnk'] == 'dr' */) {
                     for ($i = 0; $i < $fields_cnt; ++$i) {
+                        $field_flags = PMA_mysql_field_flags($dt_result, $i);
                         $meta      = $fields_meta[$i];
 
                         // do not use an alias in a condition
@@ -951,8 +952,10 @@ if (!defined('PMA_DISPLAY_TBL_LIB_INCLUDED')) {
                             || (function_exists('is_null') && is_null($row[$pointer]))) {
                             $condition .= 'IS NULL AND';
                         } else {
-                            if ($meta->type == 'blob') {
-                                $condition .= 'LIKE 0x' . bin2hex($row[$pointer]). ' AND';
+                            if ($meta->type == 'blob'
+                                // hexify only if this is a true BLOB
+                                 && eregi('BINARY', $field_flags)) {
+                                    $condition .= 'LIKE 0x' . bin2hex($row[$pointer]). ' AND';
                             } else {
                                 $condition .= '= \'' . PMA_sqlAddslashes($row[$pointer], FALSE, TRUE) . '\' AND';
                             }
@@ -1182,7 +1185,6 @@ if (!defined('PMA_DISPLAY_TBL_LIB_INCLUDED')) {
                     // TEXT fields type, however TEXT fields must be displayed
                     // even if $cfg['ShowBlob'] is false -> get the true type
                     // of the fields.
-                    $field_flags = PMA_mysql_field_flags($dt_result, $i);
 
                     if (eregi('BINARY', $field_flags)) {
                         $blobtext = '[BLOB';