Hi George, key.getEncoded() returns a byte array that is a textual representation of the external key in Hex.
Just Stringify the byte array and set it to the 'encryptedKey' JDBC connection URL attribute - that should work. Cheers, --Francois On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:45 PM, George H <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to create an embedded derby db using an encryption key that I > generate before hand. I've read the derby v10.5.3.0 ref guide and the > developer guide and I still have one question that lingers in my mind. > > In the JDBC url where I have to specify the encryption key attribute how do > we get the key in string form? In the docs they use examples (Dev guide page > 114 (PDF)) where the key looks like a letters and numbers and in most cases > just numbers. > > Now when I generate my key like > > KeyGenerator keyGen = KeyGenerator.getInstance("AES") > keyGen.init(256); > SecretKey key = keyGen.generateKey(); > > I only have the method key.getEncoded() that I can use which returns an > array of bytes. I wonder how I can give this key to derby in the jdbc url ? > Do I have to convert the byte array to a HEX string ? or to decimals? I > don't know. If someone could help me out on this specific part it would be > great. > > Thanks > -- > George H > [email protected] >
