>>>>Hi,
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>>>>I am using cipher() function to encrypt a long string (250 char). Then I need to store the encrypted value into a field of a SQL Server table. Can the field be type CHAR(250)? or it must be NCHAR(250)?
>>>>
>>>>TIA
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>>>varbinary(max) should work, I think.
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>>This is not what I am asking. I want the field to be exactly 250 char long. I am just not sure if it has to be CHAR or NCHAR (because of some characters that it has to store).
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>We routinely store encrypted values in char() fields, but mind you, "AutoTranslate=No;" must be in your connectstring, or else your characters may suffer codepage conversion.
I am not familiar with AutoTranslate. Is this a SQL or VFP setting?
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