Re: HELP! Return variable - (decrypted) - is truncated, why?

In article <SP675.358$Hs3.8200_at_news1.mts.net>,   "mAd hAcker" <madhackerboy_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> Using 8.1.6.
> I have a webpage(stored proc) with a login form. When the user
 logs in,
> I am retrieving a handful of variables and storing them as cookies
 (the
> values are encrypted.) The variable I am concerned with is a user_pin
> (unique 9 digit number) and is being displayed on the page, as well
 and
> entered into a table upon further transactions.
>
> The problem I am having is that sometimes the pin is being
 truncated...and
> at different points, on different tries.
> I am testing using a pin of 987654321:
> I have experienced return variables of : 9, 9876, etc....
>
> There seems to be no reasonable explanation for this - is there
 something
> that I might be overlooking? It is being truncated both on the page,
 and in
> the table when entered, so the problem is not with the htp.
> Is this possibly an error in the decryption function? Is it perhaps
 just
> cutting it off for no good reason? (Is my server processing it TOO
> FAST!?!?!?!?)
>
> _
> Mh
>
>

how are you encrypting?
what does you code look like?
can you post a really small example?

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