# File lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb, line 218 def quote(value, column = nil) if value.kind_of?(String) && column && column.type == :binary && column.class.respond_to?(:string_to_binary) s = column.class.string_to_binary(value).unpack("H*")[0] "x'#{s}'" elsif value.kind_of?(BigDecimal) value.to_s("F") else super end end