I am trying to use Sql Server configuration table with a encrypted password for Oracle. I reviewed a couple of similar posts, but this question seemed just like my situation, but the recommended solution seemed a bit too much overhead / complicated.
I do have encrypted passwords working, but I've implemented this via BIxPress, which has several options for encryption (I use "Encrypt Sensitive (Auto)". When I use this encryption option, I get this value in the d.b.: "#0f01#bWabcxyzcmU=#2#, and this works well. If I change it to "dummypassword", it fails, but when I change it back to the encrypted value, it works !
When I use Visual Studio, I don't see an option for Encryption. It inserts "*******" into the config table, but this is not encrypted, it's not even masked - it's simply asterisks, so it doesn't work !
So how can I implement encrypted passwords using Visual Studio ?