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One call to `decryptbypassphrase` for decrypting all columns

If I use ENCRYPTBYPASSPHRASE to encrypt the full table then how can I decrypt full table easily by using DECRYPTBYPASSPHRASE? Actually I have to use DECRYPTBYPASSPHRASE ('passphrase', column_name) ...
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SQL Server 2005 encrypted database works on new PC without restore keys!

Something tells me that it was not normal. Let me take it from the begining. In an SQL Server Express 2005 I needed to encrypt one column. I did the following. CREATE MASTER KEY ENCRYPTION BY ...
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Changing passphrase for EncryptByPassPhrase

I am using EncryptByPassPhrase to encrypting some columns. If I want to change the passphrase in the future, how can I change it?
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Can I recover a TDE certificate by restoring the MASTER database?

(We are, fortunately, not currently in this situation, just planning ahead to see what our options would be if it ever occurred.) For a database encrypted with Transparent Date Encryption (TDE), a ...
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Decryption not working when SQL Server database copied to new server

I am copying a database from an old server to a new server. The database has an encrypted column. From my searches I see that I need to backup the master key from the old server and restore it in ...
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Stored procedure encryption and master service master key, SQL Server 2008

Is the Service Master Key (SMK) used to encrypt stored procedures in SQL Server 2008? I know it is used for data, but what about database objects? If the Service Master Key is not used, then I would ...
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Encrypt/Decrypt output & input for SSIS task

I use SSIS packages to output the data from one system as Comma Separated Values, and then import that same data into a second system. I have a new requirement to encrypt the CSV text files that are ...
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When do I need to backup the Service Master Key?

I'm reading some documentation and whitepaper about Transparent Data Encryption. Some documentation mention to backup the Service Master Key as well (For clarification I'm not talking about the ...
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Which database is best for deeply embedded database or through C DLL?

I want a deeply embedded database. Deeply embedded means that the server is started by an application and closed by the application with no tcp/ip or 0 port. The main features of consideration are: ...
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Encryption Options

I'm trying to explore some encryption options on Microsoft SQL Server 2005. I've recently got around SQL Server 2008 and was able to enable Transparent Data Encryption (TDE). Now I'm trying to figure ...