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dmaxj
Posting Yak Master

174 Posts

Posted - 2011-01-31 : 15:55:53
Is there a way to list all encrypted columns on a sql server database?

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GilaMonster
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

4507 Posts

Posted - 2011-01-31 : 16:07:31
No, because there's nothing in the column or table metadata that indicates that the column stores encrypted data. You could start with all varbinary columns (as encrypted data has to be in varbinary), but you could get some other columns as well.

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Gail Shaw
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