I used the function password() if that helps but of course you can't
"decode" it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leon Mergen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 22:44
Subject: Re: Password encryption
> Anyone has any idea how much this encryption method sucks up server load?
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joshua J. Kugler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Leon Mergen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 9:47 PM
> Subject: Re: Password encryption
>
>
> > Look in the manual about the ENCODE/DECODE functions.
> >
> > j----- k-----
> >
> > On Friday 08 June 2001 10:28, you wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I have some questions about password encryption. I want to make some
> sort
> > > of encryption method that disables a human to read the password, but
> does
> > > allow my (php) script to convert the encoded password to a
> human-readable
> > > password, the member originally entered and the member enters in the
> form
> > > (if he or she has the password right) .
> > >
> > > In other words, I want a string to be encrypted and decrypted, if it's
> > > possible in the query.
> > >
> > > An example:
> > >
> > > insert into table values (encrypt("secret"));
> > > select decrypt(passfield) as pass from table;
> > >
> > > and here, pass will contain the value of "secret".
> >
> > --
> > Joshua Kugler, Information Services Director
> > Associated Students of the University of Alaska Fairbanks
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED], 907-474-7601
> >
>
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