diff --git a/WebFiori/Database/MsSql/MSSQLInsertBuilder.php b/WebFiori/Database/MsSql/MSSQLInsertBuilder.php
index ee49374..930f4f5 100644
--- a/WebFiori/Database/MsSql/MSSQLInsertBuilder.php
+++ b/WebFiori/Database/MsSql/MSSQLInsertBuilder.php
@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ public function parseValues(array $values) {
         foreach ($values as $valsArr) {
             foreach ($valsArr as $col => $val) {
                 $colObj = $this->getTable()->getColByKey($col);
-                $arr[] = $val;
+
+                if ($colObj !== null && in_array($colObj->getDatatype(), ['binary', 'varbinary'])) {
+                    $arr[] = [$val, SQLSRV_PARAM_IN, SQLSRV_PHPTYPE_STREAM(SQLSRV_ENC_BINARY), SQLSRV_SQLTYPE_VARBINARY('max')];
+                } else {
+                    $arr[] = $val;
+                }
             }
             $index++;
         }
diff --git a/WebFiori/Database/MySql/MySQLColumn.php b/WebFiori/Database/MySql/MySQLColumn.php
index 473ee6b..615ae6d 100644
--- a/WebFiori/Database/MySql/MySQLColumn.php
+++ b/WebFiori/Database/MySql/MySQLColumn.php
@@ -695,8 +695,10 @@ private function firstColPart() {
             } else {
                 $retVal .= $colDataType.'('.$this->getSize().') ';
             }
-        } else if ($colDataType == 'varchar' || $colDataType == 'text') {
+        } else if ($colDataType == 'varchar') {
             $retVal .= $colDataType.'('.$this->getSize().') ';
+        } else if ($colDataType == 'text') {
+            $retVal .= 'text ';
         } else if (in_array($colDataType, Column::BOOL_TYPES)) {
             $retVal .= 'bit(1) ';
         } else if ($colDataType == 'decimal' || $colDataType == 'float' || $colDataType == 'double') {
diff --git a/WebFiori/Database/Query/SelectExpression.php b/WebFiori/Database/Query/SelectExpression.php
index baac0aa..9ddd047 100644
--- a/WebFiori/Database/Query/SelectExpression.php
+++ b/WebFiori/Database/Query/SelectExpression.php
@@ -652,6 +652,8 @@ public function select(array $colsOrExpressions) {
             } else {
                 if (gettype($index) == 'integer') {
                     $this->addColumn($colArrOrExpr);
+                } else if (is_string($colArrOrExpr)) {
+                    $this->addColumn($index, ['alias' => $colArrOrExpr]);
                 } else {
                     $this->addColumn($index, $colArrOrExpr);
                 }
diff --git a/tests/WebFiori/Tests/Database/MsSql/MSSQLQueryBuilderTest.php b/tests/WebFiori/Tests/Database/MsSql/MSSQLQueryBuilderTest.php
index f7dcf6b..0736813 100644
--- a/tests/WebFiori/Tests/Database/MsSql/MSSQLQueryBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/WebFiori/Tests/Database/MsSql/MSSQLQueryBuilderTest.php
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use WebFiori\Database\ColOption;
 use WebFiori\Database\ConnectionInfo;
 use WebFiori\Database\Database;
 use WebFiori\Database\DatabaseException;
+use WebFiori\Database\DataType;
 use WebFiori\Database\Query\Expression;
 use WebFiori\Database\MsSql\MSSQLConnection;
 use WebFiori\Tests\Database\MsSql\MSSQLTestSchema;
@@ -1411,4 +1413,38 @@ public function testUpdateWithNewCol() {
         $this->assertStringContainsString('update [users] set', $query);
         $this->assertStringContainsString('[first_name] = ?', $query);
     }
+    /**
+     * @test
+     * Issue #170: Inserting PHP string into varbinary(max) column should not fail.
+     */
+    public function testInsertVarbinaryData() {
+        $connInfo = new ConnectionInfo('mssql', 'sa', getenv('SA_SQL_SERVER_PASSWORD'), 'testing_db', SQL_SERVER_HOST, 1433, [
+            'TrustServerCertificate' => 'true'
+        ]);
+        $db = new Database($connInfo);
+        $db->createBlueprint('bin_test')->addColumns([
+            'id' => [
+                ColOption::TYPE => DataType::INT,
+                ColOption::PRIMARY => true,
+            ],
+            'data' => [
+                ColOption::TYPE => DataType::VARBINARY,
+                ColOption::SIZE => -1,
+            ],
+        ]);
+        $db->table('bin_test')->createTable()->execute();
+
+        try {
+            $binaryData = random_bytes(16);
+            $db->table('bin_test')->insert([
+                'id' => 1,
+                'data' => $binaryData,
+            ])->execute();
+
+            $result = $db->table('bin_test')->select()->where('id', 1)->execute();
+            $this->assertCount(1, $result);
+        } finally {
+            $db->raw("DROP TABLE [bin_test]")->execute();
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/WebFiori/Tests/Database/MySql/MySQLColumnTest.php b/tests/WebFiori/Tests/Database/MySql/MySQLColumnTest.php
index 57cb799..75d75cd 100644
--- a/tests/WebFiori/Tests/Database/MySql/MySQLColumnTest.php
+++ b/tests/WebFiori/Tests/Database/MySql/MySQLColumnTest.php
@@ -869,6 +869,16 @@ public function testAutoMapMSSQLVarbinaryToMySQL() {
         $this->assertInstanceOf(MySQLColumn::class, $col);
         $this->assertEquals('blob', $col->getDatatype());
     }
+    /**
+     * @test
+     * Issue #171: DataType::TEXT should map to MySQL TEXT, not TINYTEXT.
+     */
+    public function testTextTypeMapsToText() {
+        $col = new MySQLColumn('content', 'text');
+        $ddl = $col . '';
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('text ', $ddl);
+        $this->assertStringNotContainsString('text(', $ddl, 'TEXT column should not have a size parameter (text(n) becomes TINYTEXT in MySQL)');
+    }
     /**
      * @test
      * Test that native MySQL types are not affected by auto-mapping.
diff --git a/tests/WebFiori/Tests/Database/MySql/MySQLQueryBuilderTest.php b/tests/WebFiori/Tests/Database/MySql/MySQLQueryBuilderTest.php
index 9c9b55a..e8d6c6a 100644
--- a/tests/WebFiori/Tests/Database/MySql/MySQLQueryBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/WebFiori/Tests/Database/MySql/MySQLQueryBuilderTest.php
@@ -2312,4 +2312,62 @@ public function testInsertBoolColumnMultiRowCastsToInt() {
         $this->assertSame(1, $params['values'][1][2], 'Row 1: true should be cast to int 1');
         $this->assertSame(0, $params['values'][1][3], 'Row 1: false should be cast to int 0');
     }
+    /**
+     * @test
+     * Issue #172: Inserting values into BIT(1) columns should not fail.
+     */
+    public function testInsertBitColumnIntegration() {
+        $connInfo = new ConnectionInfo('mysql', 'root', getenv('MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD'), 'testing_db', '127.0.0.1');
+        $db = new Database($connInfo);
+        $db->createBlueprint('bit_test')->addColumns([
+            'id' => [
+                \WebFiori\Database\ColOption::TYPE => \WebFiori\Database\DataType::INT,
+                \WebFiori\Database\ColOption::PRIMARY => true,
+            ],
+            'flag' => [
+                \WebFiori\Database\ColOption::TYPE => \WebFiori\Database\DataType::BOOL,
+                \WebFiori\Database\ColOption::DEFAULT => false,
+            ],
+        ]);
+        $db->table('bit_test')->createTable()->execute();
+
+        try {
+            // Case 1: Explicit boolean value
+            $db->table('bit_test')->insert([
+                'id' => 1,
+                'flag' => true,
+            ])->execute();
+
+            // Case 2: Explicit false value
+            $db->table('bit_test')->insert([
+                'id' => 2,
+                'flag' => false,
+            ])->execute();
+
+            // Case 3: Omit flag, rely on default value
+            $db->table('bit_test')->insert([
+                'id' => 3,
+            ])->execute();
+
+            $result = $db->table('bit_test')->select()->execute();
+            $this->assertCount(3, $result);
+        } finally {
+            $db->raw("DROP TABLE `bit_test`")->execute();
+        }
+    }
+    /**
+     * @test
+     * Issue #173: select() with column aliases as string values should work.
+     */
+    public function testSelectWithStringAlias() {
+        $schema = new MySQLTestSchema();
+        $schema->table('users')->select([
+            'first-name' => 'full_name',
+            'age',
+        ]);
+        $query = $schema->getLastQuery();
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('`full_name`', $query);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('`age`', $query);
+    }
 }
+