How to decrypt a password from SQL server?

Question

I have this query in sql server 2000:

select pwdencrypt(\'AAAA\')

which outputs an encrypted string of \'AAAA\':

0x0100CF465B7B1         


        

Answer 1

You shouldn't really be de-encrypting passwords.

You should be encrypting the password entered into your application and comparing against the encrypted password from the database.

Edit - and if this is because the password has been forgotten, then setup a mechanism to create a new password.