Mega Code Archive
The default type of a hexadecimal value is a string
mysql>
mysql> SELECT 0x41, CAST(0x41 AS UNSIGNED);
+------+------------------------+
| 0x41 | CAST(0x41 AS UNSIGNED) |
+------+------------------------+
| A | 65 |
+------+------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)