--- /dev/null
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+/**
+ * convert standard input to SQL hex binary
+ */
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ int i, end = 0;
+ unsigned char byte;
+
+ printf("X'");
+ while (1)
+ {
+ if (fread(&byte, 1, 1, stdin) != 1)
+ {
+ end = 1;
+ break;
+ }
+ printf("%02x", (unsigned int)byte);
+ }
+ printf("'\n");
+ return 0;
+}
+
--- /dev/null
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <library.h>
+
+/**
+ * convert an identity to type and encoding
+ */
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ identification_t *id;
+ chunk_t enc;
+ int i;
+
+ if (argc < 2)
+ {
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ id = identification_create_from_string(argv[1]);
+ if (!id)
+ {
+ return -2;
+ }
+ printf("type\tencoding\n");
+ printf("%d,\t", id->get_type(id));
+ enc = id->get_encoding(id);
+
+ printf("X'");
+ for (i = 0; i < enc.len; i++)
+ {
+ printf("%02x", (unsigned int)enc.ptr[i]);
+ }
+ printf("'\n");
+ return 0;
+}
+