Re: [binarycloud-dev] entity definition suggestion (again)

[Alex B. <en...@tu...>]

> 
> ok, this is a shot in the dark but the idea just hit me while tossing in
> my sleep.
> 
> RE: entity definitions
> 
> <encrypt>true</encrypt>

Sort of, and thank you for mentioning that because I did miss it.

However, it won't be on the entity level, it will be on the field level.

> Would this be suitable for allowing one to have fields automatically be
> encrypted in the database?
> This seems like more of a Metabase question, but I have no experience
> with Metabase.

It's a mix. But it certainly belongs in the entity def. I'll add it.

> At first thought, I'd say use mcrypt to encrypt/decrypt the data
> automatically to/from the database if the encrypt tag is TRUE in the
> entity definition.

That's what happens in r1

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