is the following encryption normal?
 

i am using a pbkdf2 function i found on the internet, and when the password is "sparrow" this shows weird symbols:


�½¾7he3ìÿ‹¨€—òÁ‹†×uÁ'µ¡É&gËG TMú‰N…ä×±M“•_N”$7)svi«.�Mçlgíµ1OK'ÆÜ=ÌÛÈÍ56„ÇâÔÀ‹Ý€L*¤@n|¶'fÂ7ž/]Õ§ ƒ¥ mž30@š¬O˜°âÆfÙ]”ÑŽ‚IûIÆY|ÿG¡½îZ;paÏî

....ummm, well, is that normal?
i was expecting normal A-Z0-9a-z sort of thing...
thanks !

It will show you whatever it can show you regardless of whether or not it 'looks' normal.

ok, what type will i need a cloumn to be set to for these characters? varchars?

I suspect you could use full text or a blob. Varchar will be useless since you'll never know the length.

yeah, ok thanks!