Re: How to encode and decode password in pgsql !!

On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 01:07:57AM +0530, Subhramanya Shiva wrote:
> hi all
> 
> how to store password details in a table. in encoded form
> and how to decode it.
> 
> in mysql ...we r having encoding and decoding for a password
> security ... so how to do in pgsql...
I usually do the encrypting in the client application (AOLserver, PHP),
store the encrypted password, when the user comes back and enters the
password I encrypt it and test it against what's on the database.
-Roberto
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