Hi Florin

A consideration here is whether you want to be able to de-code the data.

An example is a users table, which contains an encrypted password. You never

want to decode the password, you want to compare the encrypted users

password against the value stored - a one way street, in other words.

To do this you can use sys(2007) to generate a checksum of the values, which

you can store in the table.

If you are going to want to decode the stored data, use something like Dae

suggested, which is secure but easily reversed. There is a reversible

encryption library out there somewhere (Tom Rettig's CIPHER.FLL?) if you

want something a bit meatier.

hth,

stuart

-----Original Message-----

From: Florin Marta [mailto:flmarta@romtelecomtm.ro]

Sent: 14 July 2000 16:34

To: Multiple recipients of ProFox

Subject: (No subject)

I'm looking for a way to encode the caracter fields in a table. Something

light, doesn't have to be rock solid, but enough to don't understand

anything with a browse. Does anybody has write code to do something like

this?

(English is not my 1st language :)

Florin Marta

"No amount of advance planning will ever replace dumb luck."

--Anonymous