best way to save and encrypt data?

[beginner123]

i have a program that currently saves and encrypts data in a database.
but is there other ways to save data and still encrypt it?

[Peter87]

You could save it to file. Make sure to open the file in binary mode both when writing and reading to/from the file.

[giblit]

Or a txt file and save as text if you are encrypting a txt document