(SQL Server) Simple AES ECB Decryption

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Decrypt 256-bit encrypted content.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @crypt int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Crypt2" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Crypt2', @crypt OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Encrypted content (base64-encoded)
    DECLARE @ct nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @ct = 'd/95VziAnUNKkpXr3dJBFcQqAEDWlDkc7EU2jLkYPxmr6PpLRJlgHos+/Uy28CvJsmztQ3JkJAMukVoj46QJ/7RMuqLb31cSKd1ZvMzx9J9b6q0EkmPJcSfBhf2x7v5Qvq3lz1EIH7RM61cDGf+g9p4lt6FtU2MzCqtYD+Vr29voCn5WU1CnXmks64RrbyDA1DDHOx2deJ4Kn68+KoPM9tAw9kbf4HApL1nJYU3Mfzl+MnuHuB2kJpL5GqbuNvS+4QjxuwtNGuZEEY0gOS4RIvWl/XfkxtWHMkzsKy08AO792xDGer4rL4Q1NcfI/H2V'

    -- 256-bit AES key (literally the 32 us-ascii bytes of this string)
    DECLARE @key nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @key = 'sQsPQYesBM5qEM5OSxicFatIiLM459Bu'

    -- Note: If your AES key is a string, and it's not clearly hex or base64, AND if the length of the string is the exact size of the AES key,
    -- then *literally* use the ascii chars as the AES key.

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @crypt, 'CryptAlgorithm', 'aes'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @crypt, 'CipherMode', 'ecb'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @crypt, 'KeyLength', 256
    -- use the exact ascii bytes as the key.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @crypt, 'SetEncodedKey', NULL, @key, 'ascii'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @crypt, 'EncodingMode', 'base64'

    DECLARE @pt nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @crypt, 'DecryptStringENC', @pt OUT, @ct


    PRINT @pt

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @crypt


END
GO