Try this link...
http://www.oradba.freeserve.co.uk/tips/des_hint.htm
hth
connor
--- Rachel Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
help! I am by no means the world's best PL/SQL
> programmer (heck, I can
> barely program in it, PL/SQL 101 is on my desk at
> home)
>
> I am trying to see how hard it would be to add
> encryption to sensitive data
> in our database, so I'm playing with
> DBMS_OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT.
>
> I created a table:
> SQL> desc test_encrypt
> Name Null? Type
> ------------------------------- -------- ----
> COL1
> VARCHAR2(10)
> COL2
> VARCHAR2(10)
>
> and wrote a quick and dirty PL/SQL anonymous block:
>
> begin
> declare
> encrypted_str varchar2(10);
> inp_string varchar2(10);
>
> begin
> inp_string := '123456';
>
dbms_obfuscation_toolkit.desencrypt(inp_string,'lksdjfasljf',encrypted_str);
> insert into test_encrypt values
> (inp_string,encrypted_str);
> commit;
> end;
> end;
> /
>
> when I run this, I get the following error:
>
> dbms_obfuscation_toolkit.desencrypt
> (inp_string,'lksdjfasljf',encrypted_str);
> *
> ERROR at line 7:
> ORA-06550: line 7, column 6:
> PLS-00307: too many declarations of 'DESENCRYPT'
> match this call
> ORA-06550: line 7, column 6:
> PL/SQL: Statement ignored
>
>
> now, I KNOW that they overload the procedure, they
> say so in the
> dbmsobtk.sql file in $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin
>
> but what am I doing wrong that it's not recognizing
> that I'm using varchar
> not raw and accepting what I input???
>
> Not urgent, but annoying
>
> Rachel
>
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