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Re: using mySQL to store credit card info
Posted by: Ankit Patel
Date: April 06, 2006 09:41AM

Hello Everybody,
I have a question regarding, AES_ENCRYPT/AES_DECRYPT. according to documentation of mysql on encryption function there is following Note in begining.
Note: All encryption functions return binary strings. Use a BLOB column rather than a CHAR or VARCHAR column to avoid potential problems with trailing space removal that would change data values.

Since I havent seen this issue in this forum. I am wondering I have a varchar column type rightnow, and i want to use AES_ENCRYPT/AES_DECRYPT function, do I must have to change datatype to BLOB?? what are your experiences?? I have a very big production DB and its in use 24/7.

what are your openions??

regards,
Ankit Patel

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