diff --git a/src/tap/data/ResultSetTableIterator.java b/src/tap/data/ResultSetTableIterator.java
index 487dde7c3810c3f5543e983ddd4aa821db8d3cf0..ef5790448f8333f38ce75e99dc62d9c1591758a9 100644
--- a/src/tap/data/ResultSetTableIterator.java
+++ b/src/tap/data/ResultSetTableIterator.java
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ public class ResultSetTableIterator implements TableIterator {
 			else if (colType != null && colValue != null && colType.type == DBDatatype.CHAR && (colType.length == 1 || colType.length <= 0) && colValue instanceof String)
 				colValue = ((String)colValue).charAt(0);
 			// if the column value is a geometrical object, it must be serialized in STC-S:
-			else if ((translator != null && colType != null && colType.isGeometry()) || colType.type == DBDatatype.VARBINARY) {
+			else if ((translator != null && colType != null && colType.isGeometry()) || colValue instanceof byte[]) {
 				try{
 					Region region = translator.translateGeometryFromDB(colValue);
 					if (region != null)