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Using SQL Server 2012 SP1 and using MSEncryptor I have an error 'String will be truncated' and encryption does not work. This is when setting any field to encrypt. I have made sure that my fields are more than twice as long in the table and using defaults on the encryption algorithm.

Any pointers?

Hello,

If encryption of string fields is used, firstly, the data is encrypted, then additional information is added to data, and the obtained binary data is converted into hexadecimal format. In this case, data storage requires more than two times more space (one byte = 2 characters in hexadecimal).

You can find more details about SDAC Data Encryption at http://www.devart.com/sdac/docs/encryption.htm

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Andrey
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Thank you... I see my mistake... field must be binary type.

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Thanks for the excellent support.

Only tried after the long weekend... now I have an error saying 'Binary data cannot be encrypted'. Do you have a delphi example?

Solved... have to use varbinanry and not just binary

Hello,

The 'Data type cannot be encrypted: Binary' occurs due to the fact that binary fields are not supported for storing encrypted data. This is because unused space in such field is filled with trailing zeros, therefore it is impossible to determine where encrypted data ends.

Use variable-length data types for storing, and then convert it into the required type on the client side using data mapping.