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Encode, Decode Password.

misterimranMay 4 2005 — edited May 4 2005

Hi Guys,

I have a table in my database with fields

User_ID and Password Both of these fields have Varchar2 datatype.

I dont want to store password directly in my table i want to encode the password before they are stored and then later they can be encode.

I am trying to use SYS.UTL_ENCODE package but its only work for numeric values. How can I encode and decode varchar2 types of data. Please help! its also urgent!

Regards,

Imran Baig

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