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+--TEST--
+Test fetch from binary columns, without setting binary encoding.
+
+--DESCRIPTION--
+Verifies GitHub issue 270 is fixed, users could not retrieve the data as inserted in binary columns without setting the binary encoding either on stmt or using bindCoulmn encoding.
+This test versifies that the data inserted in binary columns can be retrieved using fetch, fetchColumn, fetchObject, and fetchALL functions.
+
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$server = "HADISF-W541";
+$databaseName = "myTest";
+$uid = 'sa';
+$pwd = 'Moonshine4me';
+$tableName = 'test_binary';
+$columns = array( 'col1', 'col2', 'col3', 'col4');
+
+$conn = new PDO( "sqlsrv:server=$server ; Database = $databaseName", "$uid", "$pwd");
+
+
+$sql = "DROP TABLE $tableName";
+$conn->exec($sql);
+
+$sql = "CREATE TABLE $tableName ( $columns[0] binary(50), $columns[1] VARBINARY(50) ,$columns[2] VARBINARY(MAX), $columns[3] image)";
+$conn->exec($sql);
+
+$icon = base64_decode("This is some text to test retrieving from binary type columns");
+
+
+// Insert data using bind parameters
+$sql = "INSERT INTO $tableName($columns[0], $columns[1], $columns[2], $columns[3]) VALUES ( ?, ?, ?, ?)";
+$stmt = $conn->prepare($sql);
+$stmt->bindParam(1, $icon, PDO::PARAM_LOB, null, PDO::SQLSRV_ENCODING_BINARY);
+$stmt->bindParam(2, $icon, PDO::PARAM_LOB, null, PDO::SQLSRV_ENCODING_BINARY);
+$stmt->bindParam(3, $icon, PDO::PARAM_LOB, null, PDO::SQLSRV_ENCODING_BINARY);
+$stmt->bindParam(4, $icon, PDO::PARAM_LOB, null, PDO::SQLSRV_ENCODING_BINARY);
+$stmt->execute();
+
+// loop through each column in the table
+foreach ($columns as $col){
+	test_fetch($conn, $tableName, $col, $icon);
+}
+print_r("Test finished successfully");
+
+//calls various fetch methods
+function test_fetch($conn, $tableName, $columnName, $input){
+		
+    $len = strlen($input);
+	$result = "";
+	$sql = "SELECT $columnName from $tableName";
+	
+	$stmt = $conn->query($sql);  
+	$stmt->bindColumn(1, $result, PDO::PARAM_LOB);
+	$stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_BOUND);
+	//binary is fixed size, to evaluate output, compare it using strncmp
+	if( strncmp($result, $input, $len) !== 0){
+		print_r("\nRetrieving using bindColumn failed");
+	}
+
+	$result = "";
+	$stmt = $conn->query($sql);      
+	$stmt->bindColumn(1, $result, PDO::PARAM_LOB, 0 , PDO::SQLSRV_ENCODING_BINARY);
+	$stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_BOUND);
+	if( strncmp($result, $input, $len) !== 0){
+		print_r("\nRetrieving using bindColumn with encoding set failed");
+	}
+
+	$result = "";
+	$stmt = $conn->query($sql);  
+	$result = $stmt->fetchColumn();
+	if( strncmp($result, $input, $len) !== 0){
+		print_r("\nRetrieving using fetchColumn failed");
+	}
+
+	$result = "";
+	$stmt = $conn->query($sql);  
+	$result = $stmt->fetchObject();
+	if( strncmp($result->$columnName, $input, $len) !== 0){
+		print_r("\nRetrieving using fetchObject failed");
+	}
+
+	$result = "";
+	$stmt = $conn->query($sql);  
+	$result = $stmt->fetchALL( PDO::FETCH_COLUMN );
+	if( strncmp($result[0], $input, $len) !== 0){
+		print_r("\nRetrieving using fetchALL failed");
+	}
+}
+
+
+
+
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+Test finished successfully
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