PGP into a database

Hi everyone, hope you're having a good weekend! I have a question. I am thinking of temporarily saving sensitive information into a database until I can download it. The visitor will be using SSL on the site, but I am more than aware that saving the information into a mysql database would be the weak link. I was thinking of using some kind of encryption (such as PGP) to save the data into the database so that when I download it I can decrypt it. I was wondering if anyone has done anything like this and if there are any pitfalls. Is PGP the best method (with it's public and private keys) or is there another simpler, but still as secure, method Thanks and I'd appreciate any feedback - positive or negative Ade inovica.com