diff --git a/storage/connect/ha_connect.cc b/storage/connect/ha_connect.cc
index a066c48bf0e..bd02b8ab1d5 100644
--- a/storage/connect/ha_connect.cc
+++ b/storage/connect/ha_connect.cc
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ extern "C" char  nmfile[];
 extern "C" char  pdebug[];
 
 extern "C" {
-       char  version[]= "Version 1.01.0008 August 18, 2013";
+       char  version[]= "Version 1.01.0009 October 29, 2013";
 
 #if defined(XMSG)
        char  msglang[];            // Default message language
@@ -1702,7 +1702,7 @@ PFIL ha_connect::CheckCond(PGLOBAL g, PFIL filp, AMT tty, Item *cond)
           return NULL;
 
         // Append the value to the filter
-        if (args[i]->type() == COND::STRING_ITEM)
+        if (args[i]->field_type() == MYSQL_TYPE_VARCHAR)
           strcat(strcat(strcat(filp, "'"), res->ptr()), "'");
         else
           strncat(filp, res->ptr(), res->length());
diff --git a/storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/xml.result b/storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/xml.result
index ea915234203..a8d2ded7bcf 100644
--- a/storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/xml.result
+++ b/storage/connect/mysql-test/connect/r/xml.result
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ DROP TABLE t1;
 SET @a=LOAD_FILE('MYSQLD_DATADIR/test/t1.xml');
 SELECT CAST(@a AS CHAR CHARACTER SET latin1);
 CAST(@a AS CHAR CHARACTER SET latin1)	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- Created by CONNECT Version 1.01.0008 August 18, 2013 -->
+<!-- Created by CONNECT Version 1.01.0009 October 29, 2013 -->
 <t1>
 	<line>
 		<node>ÀÁÂÃ</node>