diff --git a/example/client.go b/example/client.go
index 48e868d..58a3aa9 100644
--- a/example/client.go
+++ b/example/client.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ func main() {
     client := gearman.NewClient()
     defer client.Close()
     client.AddServer("127.0.0.1:4730")
-    echo := []byte("Hello world")
+    echo := []byte("Hello\x00world")
 
     if data, err := client.Echo(echo); err != nil {
         log.Println(string(data))
diff --git a/src/pkg/gearman/client.go b/src/pkg/gearman/client.go
index 006946e..e04d9bf 100644
--- a/src/pkg/gearman/client.go
+++ b/src/pkg/gearman/client.go
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func (client *Client) Status(handle string) (known, running bool, numerator, den
     if job, err = client.readLastJob(STATUS_RES); err != nil {
         return
     }
-    data := splitByteArray(job.Data, '\x00')
+    data := splitByteArray(job.Data, '\x00', 5)
     if len(data) != 5 {
         err = os.NewError("Data Error.")
         return
diff --git a/src/pkg/gearman/client/job.go b/src/pkg/gearman/client/job.go
index d1062b8..4513866 100644
--- a/src/pkg/gearman/client/job.go
+++ b/src/pkg/gearman/client/job.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (job *ClientJob) Result() (data []byte, err os.Error) {
         err = os.NewError("Work exception.")
         fallthrough
     case WORK_COMPLETE:
-        s := splitByteArray(job.Data, '\x00')
+        s := splitByteArray(job.Data, '\x00', 2)
         if len(s) != 2 {
             err = os.NewError("Invalid data.")
             return
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func (job *ClientJob) Update() (data []byte, err os.Error) {
         err = os.NewError("The job is not a update.")
         return
     }
-    s := splitByteArray(job.Data, '\x00')
+    s := splitByteArray(job.Data, '\x00', 2)
     if len(s) != 2 {
         err = os.NewError("Invalid data.")
         return
diff --git a/src/pkg/gearman/gearman.go b/src/pkg/gearman/gearman.go
index 81a0a54..b56496c 100644
--- a/src/pkg/gearman/gearman.go
+++ b/src/pkg/gearman/gearman.go
@@ -85,13 +85,17 @@ type Job interface {
 }
 
 // Splite the byte array by a byte
-func splitByteArray(slice []byte, spot byte) (data [][]byte) {
+func splitByteArray(slice []byte, spot byte, limit int) (data [][]byte) {
     data = make([][]byte, 0, 10)
     start, end := 0, 0
     for i, v := range slice {
         if v == spot {
             if start != end {
                 data = append(data, slice[start:end])
+                if (limit > 0) && (limit - 1 == len(data)) {
+                    start = end
+                    break
+                }
             }
             start, end = i+1, i+1
         } else {
@@ -104,7 +108,7 @@ func splitByteArray(slice []byte, spot byte) (data [][]byte) {
 
 // Extract the error message
 func getError(data []byte) (eno os.Errno, err os.Error) {
-    rel := splitByteArray(data, '\x00')
+    rel := splitByteArray(data, '\x00', 2)
     if len(rel) != 2 {
         err = os.NewError("The input is not a error data.")
         return
diff --git a/src/pkg/gearman/worker.go b/src/pkg/gearman/worker.go
index 16c2171..020c401 100644
--- a/src/pkg/gearman/worker.go
+++ b/src/pkg/gearman/worker.go
@@ -217,7 +217,13 @@ func (worker *Worker) SetId(id string) (err os.Error) {
 
 // Execute the job. And send back the result.
 func (worker *Worker) exec(job *WorkerJob) (err os.Error) {
-    jobdata := splitByteArray(job.Data, '\x00')
+    var limit int
+    if job.DataType == JOB_ASSIGN {
+        limit = 3
+    } else {
+        limit = 4
+    }
+    jobdata := splitByteArray(job.Data, '\x00', limit)
     job.Handle = string(jobdata[0])
     funcname := string(jobdata[1])
     if job.DataType == JOB_ASSIGN {