(SQL Server) Get Public Key from Certificate PEM

Loads a certificate from a PEM file and gets the cert's public key.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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 @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    DECLARE @cert int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Cert', @cert OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @cert, 'LoadFromFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/certs/someCert.pem'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @cert, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert
        RETURN
      END

    -- Get the certificate's public key:
    DECLARE @pubkey int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.PublicKey', @pubkey OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @cert, 'GetPublicKey', @success OUT, @pubkey

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @pubkey, 'GetPem', @sTmp0 OUT, 0
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- OK.. we have the public key which can be used in other Chilkat classes/methods...

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pubkey


END
GO