How to insert a parenthesis into a field

I'd like to know how to insert a parenthesis into a field:
Example:
insert into MyTable(mydescription) values ('4.ó%?)&.?')
I tried SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON without success. The above is a scrambled
password. It must go into the database exactly as it appears.
Regards,
Jamie
Your code actually worked for me. The parenthesis shouldn't cause a problem
but some non-printable, control characters might. I suggest you insert data
like this as VARBINARY rather than strings so that you can safely insert any
byte values you may require.
Passwords? Don't store them in the database. Store a secure hash of the
password in the database instead. Maybe you meant that this was a password
hash but your use of the word "scrambled" implied to me that this is an
*encrypted* password. Storing encrypted passwords is not really a good idea
from a security point-of-view.
David Portas
SQL Server MVP
|||Please ignore this post. I was having a problem with syntax. It is solved.
Regards,
Jamie
"thejamie" wrote:

> I'd like to know how to insert a parenthesis into a field:
> Example:
> insert into MyTable(mydescription) values ('4.ó%?)&.?')
> I tried SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON without success. The above is a scrambled
> password. It must go into the database exactly as it appears.
> --
> Regards,
> Jamie
|||Thanks David,
Ah... you're dead right and as it is now, I'm storing both. I figure that
scrambling the password is adequate to keep people from knowing that they
are passwords stored in a database provided I don't name the field something
conspicuous like 'password'. I'm not doing rocket science here, just
creating a record to read. Each scrambled password is also hashed. If the
scrambled password is altered, the hash won't work. I have enough checks
and balances to satisfy management and that satisfies me. I hash dates,
cpuids, networklogins, userid's, aliases... anything I can think of that
someone might play with. Probably slows the database down a bit, but since
it all gets done at startup, I can live with that too. I probably overdo
the hash thing and one of these days, I'll trim it down. For now, too much
is probably enough. Something like that.
Thanks for the advice though. Never thought of using the varbinary to
store the string. I do use it for the hash. The special characters should
store in the varchar though, shoudn't they?
Giac
"David Portas" <REMOVE_BEFORE_REPLYING_dportas@.acm.org> wrote in message
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> Your code actually worked for me. The parenthesis shouldn't cause a
> problem but some non-printable, control characters might. I suggest you
> insert data like this as VARBINARY rather than strings so that you can
> safely insert any byte values you may require.
> Passwords? Don't store them in the database. Store a secure hash of the
> password in the database instead. Maybe you meant that this was a password
> hash but your use of the word "scrambled" implied to me that this is an
> *encrypted* password. Storing encrypted passwords is not really a good
> idea from a security point-of-view.
> --
> David Portas
> SQL Server MVP
> --
>
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