Java64 byte salt, how to define database fields?

Question

What type of salt is used for storage in actual business? char?blob?
The 64-byte salt is base64-encoded to generate an 88-bit Is it reasonable to store the string in the database? In this case, the salt field is too long. Is there a better way to encode the salt and store it?

Answer 1

mysql has blob type, which can directly store binary data