Load a PFX from an Encoded String

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Demonstrates Pfx.LoadPfxEncoded, which decodes text using a named binary encoding (such as base64) and loads the resulting bytes as a PFX / PKCS#12 container.

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    --  The PFX password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
    DECLARE @password nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @password = 'myPfxPassword'

    --  Decode the base64 text into PFX / PKCS#12 bytes and load them.  Common encodings include base64
    --  and hex.
    DECLARE @encodedPfx nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @encodedPfx = 'MIIKrAIBAzCCCm...base64-encoded-pfx...'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @pfx, 'LoadPfxEncoded', @success OUT, @encodedPfx, 'base64', @password
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @pfx, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pfx
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @pfx, 'NumCerts', @iTmp0 OUT

    PRINT 'Loaded ' + @iTmp0 + ' certificate(s).'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pfx


END
GO