diff --git a/data/xml/queries.xml b/data/xml/queries.xml
index b00389ad6..f53cf0e10 100644
--- a/data/xml/queries.xml
+++ b/data/xml/queries.xml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 
     <dbms value="Microsoft SQL Server">
         <cast query="CAST(%s AS NVARCHAR(4000))"/>
-        <length query="LTRIM(STR(LEN(%s)))"/>
+        <length query="LTRIM(STR(LEN(%s+'.')-1))"/>
         <isnull query="ISNULL(%s,' ')"/>
         <delimiter query="+"/>
         <limit query="SELECT TOP %d "/>
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@
 
     <dbms value="Sybase">
         <cast query="CONVERT(VARCHAR(4000),%s)"/>
-        <length query="LTRIM(STR(LEN(%s)))"/>
+        <length query="LTRIM(STR(LEN(%s+'.')-1))"/>
         <isnull query="ISNULL(%s,' ')"/>
         <delimiter query="+"/>
         <limit query="SELECT TOP %d "/>
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 79f9fc76e..c0bb332ee 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.10.7.72"
+VERSION = "1.10.7.73"
 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)