Rich Yarger


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Identify Column Data Types

Use the following queries to list a result set of all column data types to any specified database. In the 2nd query, you will see a result set based on all text based data type columns in your database (XML data type not included). Modify accordingly.

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2014-04-07 (first published: )

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Symmetric Key Encryption

If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?

CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey
WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256,
KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase',
IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value'
ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7';
GO

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