Question

I am using AES_ENCRYPT method to encrypt the Mysql data’s but when i tried it for Mysql Date type field which is not working. How to encrypt Mysql Date field using the AES_ENCRYPT? I have tried it by googleing it but no luck so far.

Answer 1

From the mysql manual:

AES_ENCRYPT() encrypts a string and returns a binary string. 
AES_DECRYPT() decrypts the encrypted string and returns the original string. 
The input arguments may be any length. 
If either argument is NULL, the result of this function is also NULL. 

This means you need to store encrypted data in a column of varchar or text type.