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  • July 17, 2017 at 10:02 am

    #1951204

    Hashbytes is a varbinary(8000) return value, so you need a larger column, and then you are all set.
    you do NOT need to filter or edit your columns for dashes or anything...the data is the data, so just hash the data without fiddling with it.
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/functions/hashbytes-transact-sql

    Return Value

    varbinary (maximum 8000 bytes)

    Lowell

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