diff --git a/data/xml/queries.xml b/data/xml/queries.xml
index f5e28b537..053ba4a6b 100644
--- a/data/xml/queries.xml
+++ b/data/xml/queries.xml
@@ -78,9 +78,10 @@
     </dbms>
 
     <dbms value="PostgreSQL">
-        <cast query="CAST(%s AS CHARACTER(10000))"/>
+        <cast query="CAST(%s AS VARCHAR(10000))"/>
         <length query="LENGTH(%s)"/>
-        <isnull query="COALESCE(%s,' ')"/>
+        <!-- NOTE: PostgreSQL does not like COALESCE with different data-types (e.g. COALESCE(id,' ')) -->
+        <isnull query="COALESCE(%s::text,' ')"/>
         <delimiter query="||"/>
         <limit query="OFFSET %d LIMIT %d"/>
         <limitregexp query="\s+OFFSET\s+([\d]+)\s+LIMIT\s+([\d]+)" query2="\s+LIMIT\s+([\d]+)"/>
@@ -1326,7 +1327,6 @@
         <substring query="SUBSTR((%s)::text,%d,%d)"/>
         <concatenate query="%s||%s"/>
         <case query="SELECT (CASE WHEN (%s) THEN '1' ELSE '0' END)"/>
-        <hex/>
         <!-- NOTE: ASCII() only available in >= 4.1 -->
         <inference query="SUBSTR((%s)::text,%d,1)>'%c'" query2="ASCII(SUBSTR((%s)::text,%d,1))>%d"/>
         <banner query="SELECT version['number'] FROM sys.nodes" query2="VERSION()"/>
diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 4687b829d..5b3877ed4 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ def setColor(message, color=None, bold=False, level=None, istty=None):
             if match:
                 retVal = retVal.replace(match.group(1), colored(match.group(1), color="lightgrey"))
 
-            for match in re.finditer(r"[^\w]'([^']+)'", message):  # single-quoted
+            for match in re.finditer(r"[^\w]'([^\n']+)'", message):  # single-quoted (Note: watch-out for the banner)
                 retVal = retVal.replace(match.group(1), colored(match.group(1), color="lightgrey"))
 
     return retVal
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 9770a00ac..e08aa571e 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.4.2.25"
+VERSION = "1.4.2.26"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/lib/core/testing.py b/lib/core/testing.py
index 54903ae16..6570b70c9 100644
--- a/lib/core/testing.py
+++ b/lib/core/testing.py
@@ -143,15 +143,29 @@ def bedTest():
     """
 
     TESTS = (
-        ("-u 'http://testbed/postgresql/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --technique=B --is-dba --threads=4 -v 3 --dump -D CD --banner --sql-query=\"SELECT 'foobar'\"", ("x86_64-pc-linux-gnu", "Database: public", "Table: testusers", "5 entries", "id", "name", "surname", "luther", "blisset", "NULL", "Vector: AND [INFERENCE]", "it looks like the back-end DBMS is 'PostgreSQL'", "the back-end DBMS is PostgreSQL", "current user is DBA: False", ": 'foobar'")),
-        ("-u 'http://testbed/postgresql/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --technique=U --is-dba -v 3 --dump -D CD --banner --sql-query=\"SELECT 'foobar'\"", ("x86_64-pc-linux-gnu", "Database: public", "Table: testusers", "5 entries", "id", "name", "surname", "luther", "blisset", "NULL", "Title: Generic UNION query (NULL) - 3 columns", "the back-end DBMS is PostgreSQL", "appears to have 3 columns", "current user is DBA: False", ": 'foobar'")),
-        ("-u 'http://testbed/postgresql/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --technique=U --hex --banner --current-user --current-db --search -C surname --answers='dump=n'", ("x86_64-pc-linux-gnu", "current schema (equivalent to database on PostgreSQL): 'public'", "current user: 'testuser'", "[1 column]", "| surname | varchar |")),
-        ("-u 'http://testbed/altibase/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --technique=B --is-dba --threads=4 -v 3 --dump -D CD --banner --sql-query=\"SELECT 'foobar'\"", ("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "Database: SYS", "Table: TESTUSERS", "5 entries", "ID", "NAME", "SURNAME", "luther", "blisset", "NULL", "Vector: AND [INFERENCE]", "back-end DBMS could be 'Altibase'", "the back-end DBMS is Altibase", "current user is DBA: True", ": 'foobar'")),
-        ("-u 'http://testbed/altibase/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --technique=U --is-dba -v 3 --dump -D CD --banner --sql-query=\"SELECT 'foobar'\"", ("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "Database: SYS", "Table: TESTUSERS", "5 entries", "ID", "NAME", "SURNAME", "luther", "blisset", "NULL", "Title: Generic UNION query (NULL) - 3 columns", "the back-end DBMS is Altibase", "appears to have 3 columns", "current user is DBA: True", ": 'foobar'")),
+        # Altibase
+        ("-u 'http://testbed/altibase/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --technique=B --is-dba --threads=4 --dump -D CD --banner --sql-query=\"SELECT 'foobar'\"", ("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "Database: SYS", "Table: TESTUSERS", "5 entries", "ID", "NAME", "SURNAME", "luther", "blisset", "NULL", "Payload: id=1 AND ", "back-end DBMS could be 'Altibase'", "the back-end DBMS is Altibase", "current user is DBA: True", ": 'foobar'")),
+        ("-u 'http://testbed/altibase/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --technique=U --is-dba --dump -D CD --banner --sql-query=\"SELECT 'foobar'\"", ("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "Database: SYS", "Table: TESTUSERS", "5 entries", "ID", "NAME", "SURNAME", "luther", "blisset", "NULL", "Title: Generic UNION query (NULL) - 3 columns", "the back-end DBMS is Altibase", "appears to have 3 columns", "current user is DBA: True", ": 'foobar'")),
         ("-u 'http://testbed/altibase/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --technique=U --hex --banner --current-user --current-db --search -C surname --answers='dump=n'", ("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "current user (equivalent to database on Altibase): 'SYS'", "current user: 'SYS'", "[1 column]", "| SURNAME | VARCHAR |")),
-        ("-u 'http://testbed/cockroachdb/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --technique=B --is-dba --threads=4 -v 3 --dump -D CD --banner --sql-query=\"SELECT 'foobar'\"", ("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "CockroachDB fork", "Database: public", "Table: testusers", "5 entries", "id", "name", "surname", "luther", "blisset", "NULL", "Vector: AND [INFERENCE]", "back-end DBMS could be 'PostgreSQL'", "the back-end DBMS is PostgreSQL", "current user is DBA: True", ": 'foobar'")),
-        ("-u 'http://testbed/cockroachdb/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --technique=U --is-dba -v 3 --dump -D CD --banner --sql-query=\"SELECT 'foobar'\"", ("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "CockroachDB fork", "Database: public", "Table: testusers", "5 entries", "id", "name", "surname", "luther", "blisset", "NULL", "Title: Generic UNION query (NULL) - 3 columns", "the back-end DBMS is PostgreSQL", "appears to have 3 columns", "current user is DBA: True", ": 'foobar'")),
-        ("-u 'http://testbed/cockroachdb/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --technique=U --hex --banner --current-user --current-db --search -C surname --answers='dump=n'", ("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "current schema (equivalent to database on PostgreSQL): 'public'", "current user: 'root'", "[1 column]", "| surname | varchar |")),
+
+        # CrateDB
+        ("-u 'http://testbed/cratedb/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --technique=B --is-dba --threads=4 --dump -D CD --banner --sql-query=\"SELECT 'foobar'\"", ("4.0.10", "Database: doc", "Table: testusers", "5 entries", "id", "name", "surname", "luther", "blisset", "NULL", "Payload: id=1 AND ", "back-end DBMS could be 'CrateDB'", "the back-end DBMS is CrateDB", "current user is DBA: True", ": 'foobar'")),
+        ("-u 'http://testbed/cratedb/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --technique=B --hex --banner --current-user --current-db --search -C surname --answers='dump=n'", ("4.0.10", "current schema (equivalent to database on CrateDB): 'doc'", "current user: 'crate'", "[1 column]", "| surname |")),
+
+        # CockroachDB
+        ("-u 'http://testbed/cockroachdb/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --technique=B --is-dba --threads=4 --dump -D CD --banner --sql-query=\"SELECT 'foobar'\"", ("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "CockroachDB fork", "Database: public", "Table: testusers", "5 entries", "id", "name", "surname", "luther", "blisset", "NULL", "Payload: id=1 AND ", "back-end DBMS could be 'PostgreSQL'", "the back-end DBMS is PostgreSQL", "current user is DBA: True", ": 'foobar'")),
+        ("-u 'http://testbed/cockroachdb/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --technique=U --is-dba --dump -D CD --banner --sql-query=\"SELECT 'foobar'\"", ("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "CockroachDB fork", "Database: public", "Table: testusers", "5 entries", "id", "name", "surname", "luther", "blisset", "NULL", "Title: Generic UNION query (NULL) - 3 columns", "the back-end DBMS is PostgreSQL", "appears to have 3 columns", "current user is DBA: True", ": 'foobar'")),
+        ("-u 'http://testbed/cockroachdb/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --hex --banner --current-user --current-db --search -C surname --answers='dump=n'", ("Title: AND boolean-based blind", "Title: PostgreSQL AND error-based", "Title: PostgreSQL > 8.1 stacked queries", "Title: PostgreSQL > 8.1 AND time-based blind", "Title: Generic UNION query (NULL) - 3 columns", "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "current schema (equivalent to database on PostgreSQL): 'public'", "current user: 'root'", "[1 column]", "| surname | varchar |")),
+
+        # MySQL
+        ("-u 'http://testbed/mysql/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --technique=B --is-dba --threads=4 --dump -D CD --banner --sql-query=\"SELECT 'foobar'\"", ("8.0.19", "Database: testdb", "Table: testusers", "5 entries", "id", "name", "surname", "luther", "blisset", "NULL", "Payload: id=1 AND ", "it looks like the back-end DBMS is 'MySQL'", "the back-end DBMS is MySQL", "current user is DBA: True", ": 'foobar'")),
+        ("-u 'http://testbed/mysql/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --technique=U --is-dba --dump -D CD --banner --sql-query=\"SELECT 'foobar'\"", ("8.0.19", "Database: testdb", "Table: testusers", "5 entries", "id", "name", "surname", "luther", "blisset", "NULL", "Title: Generic UNION query (NULL) - 3 columns", "the back-end DBMS is MySQL", "appears to have 3 columns", "current user is DBA: True", ": 'foobar'")),
+        ("-u 'http://testbed/mysql/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --hex --banner --current-user --current-db --search -C surname --answers='dump=n'", ("Title: AND boolean-based blind", "Title: MySQL >= 5.1 AND error-based", "Title: MySQL >= 5.0.12 AND time-based blind", "Title: Generic UNION query (NULL) - 3 columns", "8.0.19", "current database: 'testdb'", "current user: 'root@%'", "[1 column]", "| surname | varchar(1000) |")),
+
+        # PostgreSQL
+        ("-u 'http://testbed/postgresql/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --technique=B --is-dba --threads=4 --dump -D CD --banner --sql-query=\"SELECT 'foobar'\"", ("x86_64-pc-linux-gnu", "Database: public", "Table: testusers", "5 entries", "id", "name", "surname", "luther", "blisset", "NULL", "Payload: id=1 AND ", "it looks like the back-end DBMS is 'PostgreSQL'", "the back-end DBMS is PostgreSQL", "current user is DBA: False", ": 'foobar'")),
+        ("-u 'http://testbed/postgresql/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --technique=U --is-dba --dump -D CD --banner --sql-query=\"SELECT 'foobar'\"", ("x86_64-pc-linux-gnu", "Database: public", "Table: testusers", "5 entries", "id", "name", "surname", "luther", "blisset", "NULL", "Title: Generic UNION query (NULL) - 3 columns", "the back-end DBMS is PostgreSQL", "appears to have 3 columns", "current user is DBA: False", ": 'foobar'")),
+        ("-u 'http://testbed/postgresql/get_int.php?id=1' --flush-session --hex --banner --current-user --current-db --search -C surname --answers='dump=n'", ("Title: AND boolean-based blind", "Title: PostgreSQL AND error-based", "Title: PostgreSQL > 8.1 stacked queries", "Title: PostgreSQL > 8.1 AND time-based blind", "Title: Generic UNION query (NULL) - 3 columns", "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu", "current schema (equivalent to database on PostgreSQL): 'public'", "current user: 'testuser'", "[1 column]", "| surname | varchar |")),
     )
 
     retVal = True
diff --git a/lib/request/inject.py b/lib/request/inject.py
index a47493eb2..ce9a2c0ec 100644
--- a/lib/request/inject.py
+++ b/lib/request/inject.py
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ def getValue(expression, blind=True, union=True, error=True, time=True, fromUser
     if not any((kb.testMode, conf.dummy, conf.offline)) and value is None and Backend.getDbms() and conf.dbmsHandler and not conf.noCast and not conf.hexConvert:
         warnMsg = "in case of continuous data retrieval problems you are advised to try "
         warnMsg += "a switch '--no-cast' "
-        warnMsg += "or switch '--hex'" if Backend.getIdentifiedDbms() not in (DBMS.ACCESS, DBMS.FIREBIRD, DBMS.MONETDB, DBMS.MCKOI, DBMS.MIMERSQL, DBMS.CRATEDB) else ""
+        warnMsg += "or switch '--hex'" if hasattr(queries[Backend.getIdentifiedDbms()], "hex") else ""
         singleTimeWarnMessage(warnMsg)
 
     # Dirty patch (safe-encoded unicode characters)