Re: encrypting a column

From: Tom Ekberg <tekberg_at_coyotetech.com>
Date: 2000/07/20
Message-ID: <8l71nt$4nu@journal.concentric.net>#1/1

How is the performance of encryption in Oracle 8.1.6? Is it reasonably speedy?

Tom Ekberg, TEkberg_at_coyotetech.com
Coyote Technologies, LLC
972-889-5212

"Tom Zamani" <tomz_at_redflex.com.au> wrote in message news:8l5toh$elm$1_at_perki.connect.com.au...
> in oracle 8.1.6 there is a package which encrypts data it uses des method.
> if you are not running 8.1.6 then you need to use external procedure to
call
> a C function to encrypt the data, you could create a trigger and in the
> trigger call your external function to encrypt the data. before or
> after.(before is better).
> Tom
>
> Bhavin Shah <bhavinsh_at_aludra.usc.edu> wrote in message
> news:Pine.GSO.4.21.0007191838570.7952-100000_at_aludra.usc.edu...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there a way to encrypt a particular column during insertion?
> > Otherwise how do you do it after an insert?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
>
Received on Thu Jul 20 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT