Kenneth Wymore (3/23/2010)
Not to be too picky but if cell level encryption was available since SQLServer 7 wouldn't SQLServer 7 have been the correct answer? Even if it was undocumented and poorly performing, it was still technically available, correct?
Though that hash function was available, it provided no means to be able to retrieve the data unencrypted and is still somewhat different than the feature at the premise of the question.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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