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  • Christian EhrlicherC Online
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    Christian Ehrlicher
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    @Ketan__Patel__0011 said in std::string to QString can't convert properly:

    and my actual string data string is :

    again: which encoding is this string?

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    • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

      @Ketan__Patel__0011 said in std::string to QString can't convert properly:

      and my actual string data string is :

      again: which encoding is this string?

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      Ketan__Patel__0011
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      @Christian-Ehrlicher

      i generate this string using my encryption algorithm and i am using some high logic for it

      Like Multiple Looping Statements And Leader Conditions

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      • Ketan__Patel__0011K Ketan__Patel__0011

        @Christian-Ehrlicher

        i generate this string using my encryption algorithm and i am using some high logic for it

        Like Multiple Looping Statements And Leader Conditions

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        Bonnie
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        @Ketan__Patel__0011 I think maybe your cpp file is not saved in UTF8...
        But never mind, since the string is just an output of encryption algorithm...There'll be characters that even UTF8 cannot handle.
        You should know that we usually don't save that kind of string (or we should call it raw data) directly, because it is not readable / printable.
        We encode the raw data to hex / base64 string, and use that to save / transfer to others.
        And when we need the raw data, we decode from that hex / base64 string.
        If you don't want to save / transfer / make it readable, just want to get rid of a std::string and use Qt's class to store it, then you should use QByteArray instead of QString.
        So there won't be any option about "what codec should be used to convert the string" since it is not a really string!

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        • Ketan__Patel__0011K Ketan__Patel__0011

          @Christian-Ehrlicher

          i generate this string using my encryption algorithm and i am using some high logic for it

          Like Multiple Looping Statements And Leader Conditions

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          @Ketan__Patel__0011
          Additional to @Bonnie's latest.

          i generate this string using my encryption algorithm

          So should it not be a byte array/vector rather than a string?

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          • JonBJ JonB

            @Ketan__Patel__0011
            Additional to @Bonnie's latest.

            i generate this string using my encryption algorithm

            So should it not be a byte array/vector rather than a string?

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            @JonB

            Thanks For Reply

            ByteArray Or Vector Is good concept but it's is not good for sensitive data

            and even it is not good for any encrypted data or any sensitive data

            And Otherthing is am able to write this data in any text file

            but when i try to save this string in my MYSQL Database that time it is can't store
            with complete and proper data some characters are changes

            Please Help me to solve this problem

            This problem spoiled my whole day

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            • Ketan__Patel__0011K Ketan__Patel__0011

              @JonB

              Thanks For Reply

              ByteArray Or Vector Is good concept but it's is not good for sensitive data

              and even it is not good for any encrypted data or any sensitive data

              And Otherthing is am able to write this data in any text file

              but when i try to save this string in my MYSQL Database that time it is can't store
              with complete and proper data some characters are changes

              Please Help me to solve this problem

              This problem spoiled my whole day

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              @Ketan__Patel__0011 said in std::string to QString can't convert properly:

              ByteArray Or Vector Is good concept but it's is not good for sensitive data
              and even it is not good for any encrypted data or any sensitive data

              No idea what you are talking about here. I never said you should not encrypt. I asked whether the result of the encryption isn't a byte array rather than a string as you say it is. It looks like bytes and not characters to me. But if you say it's text that's up to you.

              And Otherthing is am able to write this data in any text file

              Regardless of encoding/codec?

              but when i try to save this string in my MYSQL Database that time it is can't store
              with complete and proper data some characters are changes

              I wonder if that's because it's bytes and not text?

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              • Ketan__Patel__0011K Ketan__Patel__0011

                @JonB

                Thanks For Reply

                ByteArray Or Vector Is good concept but it's is not good for sensitive data

                and even it is not good for any encrypted data or any sensitive data

                And Otherthing is am able to write this data in any text file

                but when i try to save this string in my MYSQL Database that time it is can't store
                with complete and proper data some characters are changes

                Please Help me to solve this problem

                This problem spoiled my whole day

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                Bonnie
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                @Ketan__Patel__0011 I don't think anyone can / want to help you if you don't listen to anyone.
                Here I'll tell you what I usually do to store encrypted data to database.
                Option 1: I use QByteArray to store the encrypted data, and then save it to database as BLOB.
                Option 2: I convert it to hex / base64 string, and then save it to database as string.
                That's over. I'll not reply this post anymore.

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                • JonBJ JonB

                  @Ketan__Patel__0011 said in std::string to QString can't convert properly:

                  ByteArray Or Vector Is good concept but it's is not good for sensitive data
                  and even it is not good for any encrypted data or any sensitive data

                  No idea what you are talking about here. I never said you should not encrypt. I asked whether the result of the encryption isn't a byte array rather than a string as you say it is. It looks like bytes and not characters to me. But if you say it's text that's up to you.

                  And Otherthing is am able to write this data in any text file

                  Regardless of encoding/codec?

                  but when i try to save this string in my MYSQL Database that time it is can't store
                  with complete and proper data some characters are changes

                  I wonder if that's because it's bytes and not text?

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                  wrote on last edited by Ketan__Patel__0011
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                  @JonB

                  my Whole Process

                  1 -> define a normal string like:
                  std::string data="Welcome For Process";
                  2 -> Applying my encryption algorithm on this string
                  3 -> then store encrypted string into my file
                  4 -> Now for Backup i am try to save my encrypted string in MYSQL Database

                  But i can't store my encrypted string properly, some character are changed

                  otherthing is when open my encrypted string file in notepad
                  then it show it is ANSI encoding

                  Please help me to solve this problem

                  Again My Major problem is
                  i want to store my encrypted string in MYSQL Database

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                  • Ketan__Patel__0011K Ketan__Patel__0011

                    @JonB

                    my Whole Process

                    1 -> define a normal string like:
                    std::string data="Welcome For Process";
                    2 -> Applying my encryption algorithm on this string
                    3 -> then store encrypted string into my file
                    4 -> Now for Backup i am try to save my encrypted string in MYSQL Database

                    But i can't store my encrypted string properly, some character are changed

                    otherthing is when open my encrypted string file in notepad
                    then it show it is ANSI encoding

                    Please help me to solve this problem

                    Again My Major problem is
                    i want to store my encrypted string in MYSQL Database

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                    JonB
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                    @Ketan__Patel__0011 said in std::string to QString can't convert properly:

                    2 -> Applying my encryption algorithm on this string

                    And how does your encryption algorithm work? Is it really producing text characters from text characters, or is it actually manipulating and producing bytes?

                    otherthis is when open my encrypted string file in notepad
                    then it show it is ANSI encoding

                    Not sure that tells you anything from Notepad, but I'm not certain.

                    Please help me to solve this problem

                    So you keep saying.

                    i want to store my encrypted string in MYSQL Database

                    Yes, we understand this.

                    @Bonnie's two options are indeed the normal way to save any encrypted data to a database.

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                    • Ketan__Patel__0011K Ketan__Patel__0011

                      @JonB

                      my Whole Process

                      1 -> define a normal string like:
                      std::string data="Welcome For Process";
                      2 -> Applying my encryption algorithm on this string
                      3 -> then store encrypted string into my file
                      4 -> Now for Backup i am try to save my encrypted string in MYSQL Database

                      But i can't store my encrypted string properly, some character are changed

                      otherthing is when open my encrypted string file in notepad
                      then it show it is ANSI encoding

                      Please help me to solve this problem

                      Again My Major problem is
                      i want to store my encrypted string in MYSQL Database

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                      mrjj
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                      wrote on last edited by mrjj
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                      @Ketan__Patel__0011
                      Hi
                      Since its not unicode or UTF8 or real text at all you cannot just store it in the DB as it expects it to be valid text
                      with valid encoding.

                      So do as @Bonnie says and store them in a blop via QByteArray.
                      Like this sample storing images.
                      https://wiki.qt.io/How_to_Store_and_Retrieve_Image_on_SQLite

                      Note, the type used for creating the table
                      query.exec( "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS imgTable ( filename TEXT, imagedata BLOB )" );

                      Then it won't alter your data and it should work.
                      Your output from the encryption is no longer valid text. Treat it as a binary thing and
                      use QByteArray in case it might add a zero in there. std::string and QString is not ok for this sort of data
                      in many cases.

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