title: phpmyadmin shows numbers or blob for mysql's utf8_bin callation columns?
body: <p>I have a table with a varchar column. Its collation is set to utf8_bin. My software using this table and column works perfectly. But when I look at the content in phpmyadmin, I only see some hex values or [Blob xB]. Can I make phpmyadmin show the content correctly?</p>
  
  <p>Besides, when I set the collation to utf8_general_ci or utf8_unicode_ci, the phpmyadmin shows the content correctly.</p>
  
  <p>Thx
     Marc</p>
  
  <p>[edit]Hah, I found out, there is a small "+Options" link above every table in phpmyadmin. It opens several options including "Show BLOB contents" - which makes the [blob] to readable text when enabled and "Show binary contents as HEX" which shows the hex codes as text when disabled.</p>
  
  <p>No idea why there are two options though and why sometimes there is a [Blob] and sometimes hex values.</p>
  
  <p>Well. Now I'm still wondering: Setting these options get lost when I go to another table. I have to set them every time I go there. Is there a way to save those options?
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