>There is something I can't understand in regards to encryption and the algorithm being used. In all encryption algorithms I am using, such as Des, Rc2, Rijndael and TripleDes, I always end up with all kinds of characters in the encrypted string. That I need to control. When surfing the net, I found this page:
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>http://dotnet.dart.com/cryptdecrypt/default.aspx
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>If you try it, you will see that no matter what algorithm they are using, they only have digits and alphabetical characters. This is what I need. If the encryption algorithm in the test is Rijndael, for example, how can they end up with that and when I do it from my code, I end up with all kinds of characters?


Have you looked at the server doing the work for you if using SQL2005? 2000 your kind of screwed in the roll or buy your own.