Display SQLite BLOB results as hex strings

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+- Display SQLite BLOB values as decoded hex strings in query results.
 - Expand `~` in configured log file paths before opening the log.
 
 ### Internal

litecli/sqlexecute.py

@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@
 # })
 
 
+def _decode_blob(value: Any) -> Any:
+    if isinstance(value, bytes):
+        return value.hex().upper()
+    return value
+
+
+def _decode_blobs(row: tuple) -> tuple:
+    return tuple(_decode_blob(value) for value in row)
+
+
 class SQLExecute(object):
     databases_query = """
         PRAGMA database_list
@@ -163,7 +173,7 @@ def get_result(self, cursor: Any) -> tuple[str | None, list | None, list | None,
         if cursor.description is not None:
             headers = [x[0] for x in cursor.description]
             status = "{count} row{s} in set"
-            cursor = list(cursor)
+            cursor = [_decode_blobs(row) for row in cursor]
             rowcount = len(cursor)
         else:
             _logger.debug("No rows in result.")

tests/test_sqlexecute.py

@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ def test_binary(executor):
     assert_result_equal(results, headers=["blb"], rows=[(expected,)])
 
 
+@dbtest
+def test_blob_returns_hex(executor):
+    run(executor, """create table foo(blb BLOB NOT NULL)""")
+    run(executor, """INSERT INTO foo VALUES (x'0101C30A')""")
+    results = run(executor, """select * from foo""")
+
+    assert_result_equal(results, headers=["blb"], rows=[("0101C30A",)])
+
+
 @dbtest
 def test_table_and_columns_query(executor):
     run(executor, "create table a(x text, y text)")