...as opposed to the usual fallback DECLARE @key LONG VARCHAR? asked 21 Oct '18, 15:23 Breck Carter |
Please be aware that the content in SAP SQL Anywhere Forum will be migrated to the SAP Community in June and this forum will be retired.
...as opposed to the usual fallback DECLARE @key LONG VARCHAR? asked 21 Oct '18, 15:23 Breck Carter |
Once you sign in you will be able to subscribe for any updates here
By RSS:Markdown Basics
Question tags:
question asked: 21 Oct '18, 15:23
question was seen: 828 times
last updated: 22 Oct '18, 03:10
Hm, according to the underlying an_unload_db structure, it's a C "const char*", and the v17 topic on "Security: Keys for encrypted databases" says
So I guess LONG VARCHAR is appropriate.
Nevertheless, it's astonishing that the data type is not explicitly mentioned for functions like ENCRYPT.