Thanks Frederick.... I see what you are saying. So I learned something new, and it turns out the actual issue was that I forgot to run the migration where I munged cleartext in to encrypted.
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 5:06 PM, DK <[email protected]> wrote: > Ps rails 2.3.5 ruby 1.8.7 > > On 7/19/10, David Kahn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Would really appreciate it if someone could tell me why this is > happening: > > > > I override ssn method of AR class so I can encrypt/decrypt to/from the > db: > > > > class Person < ActiveRecord::Base > > def ssn=(value) > > write_attribute(:borrower_ssn, Crypto.encrypt(self.encryption_key, > > value)) > > write_attribute(:borrower_ssn_final_four, value[5,4]) > > end > > > > def ssn > > # this begin - rescue can be removed once all data is encrypted > > begin > > return Crypto.decrypt(self.encryption_key, > > read_attribute(:borrower_ssn)) if read_attribute(:borrower_ssn) && > > self.encryption_key > > rescue > > return read_attribute(:borrower_ssn) if > read_attribute(:borrower_ssn) > > && self.encryption_key > > end > > nil > > end > > end > > > > However, when I do Person.find(27) I get: > > > > #<Person id: 27, ssn: "l+IV+c55qywTjPd+bW+IGA==\n" > > > > > And then if I do p = Person.find(27), then I get the decrypted ssn. > > > > I know that find must be processing under the override methods, but I > dont > > understand why, as I thought if you overrode a method it would hold in > all > > situations for the AR object. > > > > David > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
