Hello, When tracing down bugs in an application that uses SQLite, I have repeatedly faced the problem that I wanted to send (or get) a copy of the sqlite database without disclosing potentially sensitive contents.
I think it would be fantastic if SQLite had a build-in crypt() function, so that I could simply copy the database and then do UPDATE my_secret_contacts SET name=crypt(name, 'bz'), phone=crypt(phone, 'za'); i.e., scramble all the information but keep the structure intact. So far I have been using a program that does just that, but the program obviously has to do a SELECT query and update one row at a time. Therefore I was wondering what the opinions are about including a crypt() function in SQLite itself. Is that a sensible idea or nonsense? Is someone willing to implement this? If I tried to implement this myself, would my patches have a chance of getting accepted? Best, -Nikolaus -- »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« PGP fingerprint: 5B93 61F8 4EA2 E279 ABF6 02CF A9AD B7F8 AE4E 425C _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
