Index: funcs/func_strings.c
===================================================================
--- funcs/func_strings.c	(revision 180672)
+++ funcs/func_strings.c	(working copy)
@@ -162,6 +162,23 @@
 	.read = regex,
 };
 
+static int strecmp(const char *pre, const char *post)
+{
+	int res;
+	for (; *pre && *post; pre++, post++) {
+		if (*pre == '"') {
+			post--;
+			continue;
+		} else if (*pre == '\\') {
+			pre++;
+		}
+		if ((res = strncmp(pre, post, 1))) {
+			return res;
+		}
+	}
+	return strncmp(pre, post, 1);
+}
+
 static int array(struct ast_channel *chan, char *cmd, char *var,
 		 const char *value)
 {
@@ -174,6 +191,15 @@
 	char *value2;
 	int i;
 
+	if (chan) {
+		const char *value3;
+		ast_mutex_lock(&chan->lock);
+		if ((value3 = pbx_builtin_getvar_helper(chan, "~ODBCVALUES~")) && strecmp(value3, value) == 0) {
+			value = ast_strdupa(value3);
+		}
+		ast_mutex_unlock(&chan->lock);
+	}
+
 	value2 = ast_strdupa(value);
 	if (!var || !value2)
 		return -1;
Index: funcs/func_odbc.c
===================================================================
--- funcs/func_odbc.c	(revision 180672)
+++ funcs/func_odbc.c	(working copy)
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@
 	SQLSMALLINT colcount=0;
 	SQLLEN indicator;
 
+	/* Reset, in case of an error */
+	pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, "~ODBCVALUES~", NULL);
+
 	AST_LIST_LOCK(&queries);
 	AST_LIST_TRAVERSE(&queries, query, list) {
 		if (!strcmp(query->acf->name, cmd)) {
@@ -368,6 +371,10 @@
 	SQLCloseCursor(stmt);
 	SQLFreeHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, stmt);
 	ast_odbc_release_obj(obj);
+
+	/* Pass an unadulterated string to ARRAY, if needed.  This is only needed
+	 * in 1.4, because of the misfeature in Set. */
+	pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, "~ODBCVALUES~", buf);
 	if (chan)
 		ast_autoservice_stop(chan);
 	if (bogus_chan)