diff -ru mysql-4.1.4-gamma.orig/client/client_priv.h mysql-4.1.4-gamma/client/client_priv.h
--- mysql-4.1.4-gamma.orig/client/client_priv.h	2004-08-27 06:46:41.000000000 +0900
+++ mysql-4.1.4-gamma/client/client_priv.h	2004-09-30 13:01:03.000000000 +0900
@@ -44,5 +44,6 @@
   OPT_SHARED_MEMORY_BASE_NAME, OPT_FRM, OPT_SKIP_OPTIMIZATION,
   OPT_COMPATIBLE, OPT_RECONNECT, OPT_DELIMITER, OPT_SECURE_AUTH,
   OPT_OPEN_FILES_LIMIT, OPT_SET_CHARSET, OPT_CREATE_OPTIONS,
-  OPT_START_POSITION, OPT_STOP_POSITION, OPT_START_DATETIME, OPT_STOP_DATETIME
+  OPT_START_POSITION, OPT_STOP_POSITION, OPT_START_DATETIME, OPT_STOP_DATETIME,
+  OPT_HEXBLOB
 };
diff -ru mysql-4.1.4-gamma.orig/client/mysqldump.c mysql-4.1.4-gamma/client/mysqldump.c
--- mysql-4.1.4-gamma.orig/client/mysqldump.c	2004-08-27 06:46:39.000000000 +0900
+++ mysql-4.1.4-gamma/client/mysqldump.c	2004-09-30 14:47:24.000000000 +0900
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
                 opt_alldbs=0,opt_create_db=0,opt_first_slave=0,opt_set_charset,
 		opt_autocommit=0,opt_master_data,opt_disable_keys=1,opt_xml=0,
 		opt_delete_master_logs=0, tty_password=0,
-		opt_single_transaction=0, opt_comments= 0, opt_compact= 0;
+		opt_single_transaction=0, opt_comments= 0, opt_compact= 0, opt_hex=0;
 static ulong opt_max_allowed_packet, opt_net_buffer_length;
 static MYSQL mysql_connection,*sock=0;
 static char  insert_pat[12 * 1024],*opt_password=0,*current_user=0,
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@
   {"comments", 'i', "Write additional information.",
    (gptr*) &opt_comments, (gptr*) &opt_comments, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
    1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+  {"hex-blob", OPT_HEXBLOB, "HEXdump BLOB data. this mode does not work with extended-insert",
+   (gptr*) &opt_hex, (gptr*) &opt_hex, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
 };
 
@@ -1590,6 +1592,23 @@
 		print_quoted_xml(md_result_file, row[i], lengths[i]);
 		fputs("</field>\n", md_result_file);
 	      }
+	      else if (opt_hex && (
+				   field->type == FIELD_TYPE_BLOB
+				   || FIELD_TYPE_LONG_BLOB == field->type
+				   || FIELD_TYPE_MEDIUM_BLOB == field->type
+				   || FIELD_TYPE_TINY_BLOB == field->type
+				  )
+		      )
+	      { /* sakaik got this idea. */
+		ulong counter;
+		char xx[4];
+		unsigned char *ptr = row[i];
+		fputs("0x", md_result_file);
+		for (counter = 0; counter < lengths[i]; counter++) {
+		  sprintf(xx, "%02X", ptr[counter]);
+		  fputs(xx, md_result_file);
+		}
+	      }
 	      else
 		unescape(md_result_file, row[i], lengths[i]);
 	    }