diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c b/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
index 35433d9..dab74c5 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
@@ -2274,8 +2274,8 @@ long dbParseLink(const char *str, short ftype, dbLinkInfo *pinfo)
             len -= (parm - pstr);
         }
 
-        /* generalized extraction of ID charactor and integer pairs (eg. "#C15 S14") */
-        ret = sscanf(pinfo->target, "# %c%d %c%d %c%d %c%d %c%d %c",
+        /* generalized extraction of ID character and integer pairs (eg. "#C15 S14") */
+        ret = sscanf(pinfo->target, "# %c%i %c%i %c%i %c%i %c%i %c",
                      &pinfo->hwid[0], &pinfo->hwnums[0],
                      &pinfo->hwid[1], &pinfo->hwnums[1],
                      &pinfo->hwid[2], &pinfo->hwnums[2],
diff --git a/modules/database/test/ioc/db/dbPutLinkTest.c b/modules/database/test/ioc/db/dbPutLinkTest.c
index a1b45c8..db947b9 100644
--- a/modules/database/test/ioc/db/dbPutLinkTest.c
+++ b/modules/database/test/ioc/db/dbPutLinkTest.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ static const struct testParseDataT {
     TEST_PV_LINK(" world MSICP", "world", pvlOptMSI|pvlOptCP),
 
     {"#C14 S145 @testing", {VME_IO, "testing", 0, "CS", {14, 145}}},
+    {"#C14 S0x1b @testing", {VME_IO, "testing", 0, "CS", {14, 0x1b}}},
     {"#C14 S145", {VME_IO, "", 0, "CS", {14, 145}}},
     {"#B11 C12 N13 A14 F15 @cparam", {CAMAC_IO, "cparam", 0, "BCNAF", {11, 12, 13, 14, 15}}},
     {"#B11 C12 N13 A14 F15", {CAMAC_IO, "", 0, "BCNAF", {11, 12, 13, 14, 15}}},
@@ -700,7 +701,7 @@ void testTSEL(void)
 
 MAIN(dbPutLinkTest)
 {
-    testPlan(342);
+    testPlan(348);
     testLinkParse();
     testLinkFailParse();
     testCADBSet();