Re: howto use pgencrypto ?

I was just having the exact same problem, thanks for your post Joe. :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Conway" <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
To: "David H" <godave621(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] howto use pgencrypto ?

> David H wrote:
>
> > select encrypt
> > ('srcip'::bytea,'pass'::bytea,'bf'::text)::bytea as
> > "test" from tbltcplog limit 3;
> >
> > I got:
> >
> > ERROR: Function encrypt(bytea, bytea, text) does not
> > exist
> > Unable to identify a function that satisfies
> > the given argument types
> > You may need to add explicit typecasts
>
> The pgcrypto README doesn't seem to mention it, but in general, after
> building any of the contrib libraries, you need to "load" them into any
> databases in which you want to use their functions. Something like:
>
> psql mydatabase < pgcrypto.sql
>
> However, If you are using the regression database after running make
> installcheck, the functions should be there. I get this:
>
> regression=# \df encrypt
> List of functions
> Result data type | Schema | Name | Argument data types
> ------------------+--------+---------+---------------------
> bytea | public | encrypt | bytea, bytea, text
> (1 row)
>
> So I'd conclude you are not using the regression database and need to
> follow the first suggestion ;-)
>
> HTH,
>
> Joe
>
>
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