Re: Datatype for MySQL Varbinary

From: Kenneth Marshall <ktm(at)rice(dot)edu>
To: "Bill P(dot)" <maxarbos(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Datatype for MySQL Varbinary
Date: 2010-12-14 21:45:17
Message-ID: 20101214214517.GJ10252@aart.is.rice.edu
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On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 01:25:16PM -0800, Bill P. wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am in the process of migrating a mysql db to a postgresql one and there are a
> few tables with columns with datatypes of 'Varbinary'
> These columns store the AES_ENCRYPTed output of a value.
>
> What datatype should I set the postgresql table.column to for this to be stored
> properly?
>
>
> I cannot decrypt the data and re-encrypt it into postgres, so the format and
> content need to remain the same on migration.
>
> Thank you.
>

BYTEA:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/datatype-binary.html

Cheers,
Ken

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