Hi,
I am re-writing the original post since I know now what causes the problem. I do not know yet how to resolve it.
Original Approach.
The XML file had a value (enrypted value) stored.
The program was converting the content of the XML file into the cursor. The column which contained the enrypted value, was set to type W (blob).
Then the program applied the function CIpher() to the cursor blob column. And the result was what I was looking for. It worked.
New approach.
The encryped value from the XML is retrieved from the XML file using STREXTRACT().
Then the function Cipher applied to the extracted value. The result was Bad. Not equal (and not what I expected) to the Original Approach (above).
So, I need to learn how to extract the encrypted string from the XML file but in such way that it would become a BLOB. Then, Cipher() will probably (most likely) work.
Any suggestions?
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