Untitled

MySQL 5.1 - Converting Blob to Text
CREATE TABLE `sessionparameter` (
    `sessionId` INT(11) NOT NULL,
    `serialValue` TINYBLOB NOT NULL,
    `name` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL COLLATE 'utf8_unicode_ci',
    PRIMARY KEY (`sessionId`, `name`),
    INDEX `fk_sessionparameter_session` (`sessionId`),
    CONSTRAINT `fk_sessionparameter_session` FOREIGN KEY (`sessionId`) REFERENCES `session`     (`id`)
)
COLLATE='utf8_unicode_ci'
ENGINE=InnoDB
ROW_FORMAT=DEFAULT

SELECT CONVERT(serialValue USING utf8) FROM sessionparameter;