Sample code for 30+ languages & platforms
SQL Server

ECDSA Sign and Verify

See more ECC Examples

Demonstrates how to create an ECDSA signature on the SHA256 hash of some data, and then verify.

Chilkat SQL Server Downloads

SQL Server
-- 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 @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    -- First load an ECDSA private key to be used for signing.
    DECLARE @privKey int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.PrivateKey', @privKey OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @privKey, 'LoadEncryptedPemFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/ecc/secp256r1-key-pkcs8-secret.pem', 'secret'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @privKey, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @privKey
        RETURN
      END

    -- Sign the SHA256 hash of some data.
    DECLARE @bd int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.BinData', @bd OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @bd, 'LoadFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/hamlet.xml'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'Failed to load file to be hashed.'
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @privKey
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @bd
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @crypt int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Crypt2', @crypt OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @crypt, 'HashAlgorithm', 'sha256'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @crypt, 'EncodingMode', 'base64'
    DECLARE @hashStr nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @crypt, 'HashBdENC', @hashStr OUT, @bd

    DECLARE @ecdsa int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Ecc', @ecdsa OUT

    DECLARE @prng int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Prng', @prng OUT

    -- Returns ASN.1 signature as a base64 string.
    DECLARE @sig nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ecdsa, 'SignHashENC', @sig OUT, @hashStr, 'base64', @privKey, @prng

    PRINT 'sig = ' + @sig

    -- The signature is in ASN.1 format (which may be described as the "encoded DSS signature").
    -- SEQUENCE (2 elem)
    --   INTEGER (255 bit) 4849395540832462044300553275435608522154141569743642905628579547100940...
    --   INTEGER (255 bit) 3680701124244788134409868118208591399799457104230118295614152238560005...

    -- If you wish, you can get the r and s components of the signature like this:
    DECLARE @asn int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Asn', @asn OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asn, 'LoadEncoded', @success OUT, @sig, 'base64'
    DECLARE @xml int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Xml', @xml OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asn, 'AsnToXml', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'LoadXml', @success OUT, @sTmp0

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'GetXml', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- We now have this:
    -- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    -- <sequence>
    --     <int>6650D422D86BA4A228B5617604E59052591B9B2C32EF324C44D09EF67E5F0060</int>
    --     <int>0CFD9F6AC85042FC70F672C141BA6B2A4CAFBB906C3D907BCCC1BED62B28326F</int>
    -- </sequence>

    -- Get the "r" and "s" as hex strings
    DECLARE @r nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'GetChildContentByIndex', @r OUT, 0
    DECLARE @s nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'GetChildContentByIndex', @s OUT, 1


    PRINT 'r = ' + @r

    PRINT 's = ' + @s

    -- --------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- Now verify against the hash of the original data.

    -- Get the corresponding public key.
    DECLARE @pubKey int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.PublicKey', @pubKey OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @pubKey, 'LoadFromFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/ecc/secp256r1-pub.pem'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @pubKey, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @privKey
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @bd
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @crypt
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ecdsa
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @prng
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @asn
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @xml
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pubKey
        RETURN
      END

    -- We already have the SHA256 hash of the original data (hashStr) so no need to re-do it..
    DECLARE @ecc2 int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Ecc', @ecc2 OUT

    DECLARE @result int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ecc2, 'VerifyHashENC', @result OUT, @hashStr, @sig, 'base64', @pubKey
    IF @result <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ecc2, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @privKey
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @bd
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @crypt
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ecdsa
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @prng
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @asn
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @xml
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pubKey
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ecc2
        RETURN
      END


    PRINT 'Verified!'

    -- Note: If we have only r,s and wish to reconstruct the ASN.1 signature, we do it like this:
    DECLARE @xml2 int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Xml', @xml2 OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @xml2, 'Tag', 'sequence'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml2, 'NewChild2', NULL, 'int', @r
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml2, 'NewChild2', NULL, 'int', @s

    DECLARE @asn2 int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Asn', @asn2 OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml2, 'GetXml', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asn2, 'LoadAsnXml', @success OUT, @sTmp0
    DECLARE @encodedSig nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @asn2, 'GetEncodedDer', @encodedSig OUT, 'base64'

    PRINT 'encoded DSS signature: ' + @encodedSig

    -- You can go to https://lapo.it/asn1js/  and copy/paste the base64 encodedSig into the online tool, then press the "decode" button.
    -- You will see the ASN.1 such as this:

    -- SEQUENCE (2 elem)
    --   INTEGER (255 bit) 4849395540832462044300553275435608522154141569743642905628579547100940...
    --   INTEGER (255 bit) 3680701124244788134409868118208591399799457104230118295614152238560005...

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @privKey
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @bd
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @crypt
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ecdsa
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @prng
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @asn
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @xml
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pubKey
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ecc2
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @xml2
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @asn2


END
GO