Index: /src/com/caucho/quercus/lib/db/JdbcResultResource.java
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--- /src/com/caucho/quercus/lib/db/JdbcResultResource.java	(revision 4021)
+++ /src/com/caucho/quercus/lib/db/JdbcResultResource.java	(working copy)
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.Reader;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
@@ -526,13 +527,13 @@
         {
           StringValue bb = env.createUnicodeBuilder();
 
-          InputStream is = rs.getBinaryStream(column);
+          Reader reader = rs.getCharacterStream(column);
 
-          if (is == null || rs.wasNull())
+          if (reader == null || rs.wasNull())
             return NullValue.NULL;
-
+          
 	  try {
-	    bb.appendReadAll(is, Long.MAX_VALUE);
+	    bb.append(reader, Long.MAX_VALUE);
           } catch (RuntimeException e) {
             log.log(Level.WARNING, e.toString(), e);
 
@@ -537,7 +538,12 @@
             log.log(Level.WARNING, e.toString(), e);
 
             return NullValue.NULL;
-          }
+
+          } catch (IOException e) {
+              log.log(Level.WARNING, e.toString(), e);
+
+              return NullValue.NULL;
+ 		  }
 
           return bb;
         }