> > Not if you want to execute any SELECT SQL statements against the

data,

> > which involve context evaluation.
> >
> > Since the data will be encrypted outside the database, the engine

will

> > not be able to decrypt the data in order to perform SQL statements.
>
> What kind of SQL statements? Sum? Max? Min? Huh!

SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE FIELDA BETWEEN :X and :Y

> > By encrypting the data outside of the engine, you are really only

using

> > the database engine as a data store, without any possibility of real
> > intelligence.
>
> "Real intelligence" and "government" are far not too close.

Very true ;-)