Any ASCII data loaded from a flat file into a binary type column (BINARY or VARBINARY) is stored as nibbles.
For example, if 0x1234 or 1234 is read from a flat file into a binary column, SAP Sybase IQ stores the value as hexadecimal 1234. SAP Sybase IQ ignores the “0x” prefix. If the input data contains any characters out of the range 0 – 9, a – f, and A – F, the data is rejected.