Compile an encryption routine into your EXE and store the encrypted value in the SQL-Server table. When you need the data, use the function to decrypt it.

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Babara

>I am creating a program that requires one of the field to be encrypted on the sql server. I need to be able to store weither or not the program has been registered and I don't want the user to beable to just open the table and see what's needed to register the program. Is there a way to encrypt a field in a table. Is there some trick that I could use to do this.
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>Thanks