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ODBC Password Encryption - PostgreSQL ANSI(x64)

From
Joseph Fisher
Date:
In Windows, please confirm that when using special characters within a password string, the password stored is "mangled" when saving the string under the ODBC.INI datasource in the registry.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI\

So to use a password in a .net app with an OdbcConnection, don't use the plain text password, instead use the ODBC.INI datasource saved mangled password.

Thank you,
Joe


Re: ODBC Password Encryption - PostgreSQL ANSI(x64)

From
Dave Cramer
Date:
Dave Cramer
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On Mon, 10 Mar 2025 at 08:54, Joseph Fisher <josephpfisher1@gmail.com> wrote:
In Windows, please confirm that when using special characters within a password string, the password stored is "mangled" when saving the string under the ODBC.INI datasource in the registry.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI\

So to use a password in a .net app with an OdbcConnection, don't use the plain text password, instead use the ODBC.INI datasource saved mangled password.

Thank you,
Joe