In OAF - for MessageTextInput used property security - secret = true. Set value at db to "***"

Hi,

On a seeded Page - Added a new field by means of Personalization of type MessageTextInput and set the Property :- Security-> Secret = True.

Now on the Page I see, "***" while entering data (which is the desired functionality) , but even on the Database after saving the value is shown as "***" (when queried using select)

What is the process to retrieve the user-entered value from the database ?

Thanks,
Abhishek