RE: Help !! Password Encryption/decryption ??

How about right-padding the string to a multiple of 8 bytes.  I think 8-MOD(LENGTH(string),8) will give you the number of characters to use in RPAD(string,.......).  E.I.. to pad with blanks:

SELECT RPAD('123456789',LENGTH('123456789') + 8 - MOD(LENGTH('123456789'),8),' ') AS "12345678901234567890" FROM DUAL 1234567890123456

123456789

HTH Tony Aponte

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From: Prem J Khanna [mailto:jprem_at_srmsoft.co.in]

Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 9:08 AM

To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Subject: Help !! Password Encryption/decryption ??

Hello everybody ,

I am on 8.1.6/NT .

i need to encrypt / decrypt the password of my users for my web based

application.

I went thro' DBMS_OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT.DESEncrypt and

DBMS_OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT.DESDecrypt methods .

but as per the docs , this package  requires the password ( which is to

be encrypted ) to be

in multiples of 8 bytes .  i don't think this is possible always .

have i understood anything wrong ?   can anyone throw some light on this

.

how do u guys encounter this situation ? any likely scripts plz ?!!!

TIA. Jp.

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