I am sure that the table and field names are correct. The encrypted string is stored as a RAW datatype in the table though. It is not CHAR.

I am trying to verify that the cipher text stored on the database is the same as what I'd obtain by sending a seprate request (using telnet or nc) to the server.

Two ways to do this would be

• Extract the text on the database, send it in a decrypt request to the server and then compare the resulting plaintext with the original string(plain text)
• Send the plaintext in an encrypt request to the server, extract the ciphertext from the response and compare it with the data stored on the database.

In order to do the first bullet above, I want to obtain the "text" equivalent of the data stored in the database. A describe on the table shows that column from which I extract data is of type RAW (and not CHAR).

As for the second bullet, I still need a way to convert the hex string on the database server to encrypted form so I can compare it with the encrypted string I receive from the server.

Thank you

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