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Asked: 2026-05-11T09:54:28+00:00

I have some data in string format that represents binary data (e.g. ‘0x0002’). Is

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I have some data in string format that represents binary data (e.g. ‘0x0002’). Is there some function or trick where I can convert these from literal strings to binary? That is, I want ‘0x0002’ to become 0x0002, and SELECT CAST(‘0x0002’ AS BINARY(20)) obviously won’t do that. I did come up with some painfully slow process that involves building up SQL Statements and assigning them to a variable and executing that (e.g. ‘EXEC (@Query)’), but I’m looking for something where I don’t have to do that.

If it helps, here is a sample table that you can test this on:

CREATE TABLE #T (BinaryString VARCHAR(100)) INSERT INTO #T VALUES('0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000002') -- Binary = the integer 2 INSERT INTO #T VALUES('0x000000000000000000000000000000000000007B') -- Binary = the integer 123
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