topic Is there a way to get Splunk DB Connect 1 to parse a binary column into Splunk-friendly ASCII? in Getting Data In https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Is-there-a-way-to-get-Splunk-DB-Connect-1-to-parse-a-binary/m-p/243352#M99090 <P>I have a DB Connect query for which the results in one column read as ***** BINARY ***** Is there a way to get DBConnect V1 to parse that column into Splunk-friendly ASCII?</P> Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:39:39 GMT mcomfurf 2015-11-23T19:39:39Z Is there a way to get Splunk DB Connect 1 to parse a binary column into Splunk-friendly ASCII? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Is-there-a-way-to-get-Splunk-DB-Connect-1-to-parse-a-binary/m-p/243352#M99090 <P>I have a DB Connect query for which the results in one column read as ***** BINARY ***** Is there a way to get DBConnect V1 to parse that column into Splunk-friendly ASCII?</P> Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:39:39 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Is-there-a-way-to-get-Splunk-DB-Connect-1-to-parse-a-binary/m-p/243352#M99090 mcomfurf 2015-11-23T19:39:39Z Re: Is there a way to get Splunk DB Connect 1 to parse a binary column into Splunk-friendly ASCII? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Is-there-a-way-to-get-Splunk-DB-Connect-1-to-parse-a-binary/m-p/243353#M99091 <P>The best way to resolve this is to use SQL's CAST or CONVERT command to turn the column into something that Splunk can parse.</P> Sun, 29 Nov 2015 19:35:08 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Is-there-a-way-to-get-Splunk-DB-Connect-1-to-parse-a-binary/m-p/243353#M99091 jcoates_splunk 2015-11-29T19:35:08Z