Thanks everyone for prompt response....

-->in SIMPLE recovery mode again I created a table and inserted rows, again there is a minor hiccup

[I thought there would be increase in size in...

thanks for the quick reply....

if i run

CREATE MASTER KEY ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'some_password';

in my database and then execute the code its working

my bad....should have checked the prereqs for service...

resolved....thank you so much....