diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a21b8dc8c..0811e0b92 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-05-14  Alexey Shchepin  <alexey@sevcom.net>
+
+	* src/ejd2odbc.erl: Bugfix (thanks to Badlop)
+
 2007-05-12  Alexey Shchepin  <alexey@sevcom.net>
 
 	* src/ejabberd_auth.erl: Added get_vh_registered_users_number/1
diff --git a/src/ejd2odbc.erl b/src/ejd2odbc.erl
index f85879808..dba394f9e 100644
--- a/src/ejd2odbc.erl
+++ b/src/ejd2odbc.erl
@@ -315,7 +315,8 @@ record_to_string(#roster{usj = {User, _Server, JID},
 	       in	   -> "I";
 	       none	   -> "N"
 	   end,
-    SAskMessage = ejabberd_odbc:escape(AskMessage),
+    SAskMessage = ejabberd_odbc:escape(
+		    binary_to_list(list_to_binary([AskMessage]))),
     ["("
      "'", Username, "',"
      "'", SJID, "',"