Hi Mike, so far so good.

I never worked with c++, I was trying to reproduce the code in vb using the windows api, I am basically using the same functions...

Hi Mike, I' m back to changing the password issue. I am thinking, since the password (second password) is used only to encrypt and decrypt the master key, then it...

Hi Mike, I just wanted to make sure there was no other easier way. For updating the data, I can use something like encryt(decrypt(data,password1),password2) in one single update query (of...

Mike, if I use a password to create the master key/local key,  then I have to use the same password everytime to encrypt/decrypt data. Question is, how do I change...

Hi Mike, thank you so much.

I was able to get the source code from Steve in the meantime.

I will test the import/export code for the key container, I'll keep you...

Hi Mike, I am still trying to figure out how to import/export the keys on a different machine; I am not very familiar with the terms and the CryptoAPI thing.

The whole...

Hi Mike, it’s a lot of information in there, but I'll have to read it

Thank you for your help.

Mike, I noticed that in a...

Hi Mike, I have a question for you please:

If we use a password to create the master key, instead of a user's login credentials, I will be unable to decrypt...

Hi Mike, I have a question please:

If the keys are created using the user's credentials at that time, what would happened if the user's password gets changed later on. Will...

Hi Mike, thanks for the quick reply, actually I was able to narrow down the problem: it always happens when I pass an unencrypted value to the decryption function (I...

Hi Mike, I have recently installed and ran the package; it works fine for a while and then suddenly I get an error message in Query Analyzer:

[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB]ConnectionCheckForData...