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how big is the varbinary column?
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Actually not so big, it was a stupid design that's using varBinary field to store passwords.
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Actually not so big, it was a stupid design that's using varBinary field to store passwords.

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is that the actual password or an encrypted hash ?<br />
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ie do you want the data to be converted to EBCDIC or left as binary? &nbsp;
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is that the actual password or an encrypted hash ?

ie do you want the data to be converted to EBCDIC or left as binary?  

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It was the password in binary form, and they still want it to be left in binary in DB2.
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It was the password in binary form, and they still want it to be left in binary in DB2.

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What is the proper way to convert varBinary fields from SQL server to DB2? Should I use Blob in DB2?
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What is the proper way to convert varBinary fields from SQL server to DB2? Should I use Blob in DB2?

Data Conversion: VarBinary to DB2

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