Please start any new threads on our new site at https://forums.sqlteam.com. We've got lots of great SQL Server experts to answer whatever question you can come up with.

 All Forums
 SQL Server 2000 Forums
 Transact-SQL (2000)
 Encrypt some data via Stored Proc?

Author  Topic 

dhw
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

332 Posts

Posted - 2004-08-21 : 10:38:14
Hello...

We have a table where some sensitive data needs to be encrypted. Normally, this is done within our .Net app before the data values are passed to the Stored Proc. Recently, I have been given some data files that have been exported from our customer's systems. I need to import the data and I have written some DTS packages to do just that. However, I am struggling with the issue of having to encrypt the data on the columns that require it.

I was thinking of creatimg some sort of .Net DLL and then instantiate that within my Stored Procs (being called by DTS)..but that sounds like a performance hit when I have thousands and thousands of rows to import. I was hoping to discover a way to handle this all within Sql Server. Does anyone know if that is possible?

thanks
- dw

SamC
White Water Yakist

3467 Posts

Posted - 2004-08-22 : 13:02:24
Have you thought of using PWDENCRYPT?
Go to Top of Page

dhw
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

332 Posts

Posted - 2004-08-30 : 11:44:15
Thanks for the suggestion. Normally, I could use this...but I need to match the existing password encryption routines that are already a part of the application that uses this database.
Go to Top of Page

spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master

11752 Posts

Posted - 2004-08-30 : 12:03:53
then i guess your stuck with a dll...
i don't know if it would be faster, but maybe you could do it from .net. just make a kind of an interface to get the data encrypt it and insert it into a database.

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow :)
Go to Top of Page
   

- Advertisement -