Re: Encrypting data before storing in columns

Thomas J. Kyte <tkyte_at_us.oracle.com> writes:

> In article <8bu4fc$41b$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,
> logo_palanisamy_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> > Does Oracle have a way to encrypt data before storing it in varchar2
> > table columns? Is there any better way than using a combination of
> > replace, translate functions?
> > What we want is to encrypt the application user password and store it
> > in a not easy to decipher form.

Why not encrypt it in the application?

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greg