SQL Server

Export a Public Key as PEM

Demonstrates the Chilkat PublicKey.GetPem method, which returns the public key in PEM format. The only argument selects the underlying DER representation: true prefers the traditional PKCS #1 form (RSA), false uses the SubjectPublicKeyInfo form.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: PEM is the most portable way to share a public key — the Base64 text block most tooling reads. The boolean picks the encoding: false produces the modern, algorithm-independent PUBLIC KEY (SubjectPublicKeyInfo), which is the usual choice; true produces the older RSA-specific RSA PUBLIC KEY for tools that require it. A public key is not sensitive, so the PEM can be distributed openly.

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-- 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

    --  Load a public key to export.  LoadFromFile inspects the content, so it accepts DER, PEM, XML,
    --  JWK, and other supported representations.
    DECLARE @pubKey int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.PublicKey', @pubKey OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

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

    --  Export the public key in PEM format.  The argument selects the underlying DER representation:
    --  1 prefers the traditional PKCS #1 form (RSA), 0 uses the SubjectPublicKeyInfo form.
    DECLARE @preferPkcs1 int
    SELECT @preferPkcs1 = 0
    DECLARE @pem nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @pubKey, 'GetPem', @pem OUT, @preferPkcs1
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @pubKey, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @pubKey, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pubKey
        RETURN
      END

    PRINT @pem

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pubKey


END
GO