(SQL Server) Convert to DER encoded X.509 Certificate (.cer, .crt)

Loads a digital certificate from any format and saves to a binary DER encoded X.509 Certificate (.cer, .crt).

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
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @cert int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Cert" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Cert', @cert OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    DECLARE @success int

    -- LoadFromFile will load virtually any certificate format file.
    -- It will auto-recognize the format and load appropiately.
    -- In this case, load a PEM format certificate and convert to DER.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @cert, 'LoadFromFile', @success OUT, '/Users/chilkat/testData/pem/chilkat.pem'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @cert, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @cert, 'ExportCertDerFile', @success OUT, 'chilkat.der'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @cert, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert
        RETURN
      END


    PRINT 'Converted certificate from PEM to DER format.'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert


END
GO