SQL Server/T-SQL Tutorial/System Tables Views/syscomments
Find the names and types of objects that have encrypted text
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9> CREATE TABLE authors( 10> au_id varchar(11), 11> au_lname varchar(40) NOT NULL, 12> au_fname varchar(20) NOT NULL, 13> phone char(12) NOT NULL DEFAULT ("UNKNOWN"), 14> address varchar(40) NULL, 15> city varchar(20) NULL, 16> state char(2) NULL, 17> zip char(5) NULL, 18> contract bit NOT NULL 19> ) 20> GO 1> insert authors values("1", "Joe", "Abra", "111 111-1111", "6 St.", "Berkeley", "CA", "11111", 1) 2> insert authors values("2", "Jack", "Majo", "222 222-2222", "3 St.", "Oakland" , "CA", "22222", 1) 3> insert authors values("3", "Pink", "Cherry", "333 333-3333", "5 Ln.", "Vancouver", "BC", "33333", 1) 4> insert authors values("4", "Blue", "Albert", "444 444-4444", "7 Av.", "Vancouver", "BC", "44444", 1) 5> insert authors values("5", "Red", "Anne", "555 555-5555", "6 Av.", "Regina", "SK", "55555", 1) 6> insert authors values("6", "Black", "Michel", "666 666-6666", "3 Pl.", "Regina", "SK", "66666", 1) 7> insert authors values("7", "White", "Sylvia", "777 777-7777", "1 Pl.", "Rockville", "MD", "77777", 1) 8> insert authors values("8", "Yellow","Heather","888 888-8888", "3 Pu", "Vacaville", "CA", "88888", 0) 9> insert authors values("9", "Gold", "Dep", "999 999-9999", "5 Av.", "Oakland", "CA", "99999", 0) 10> insert authors values("10", "Siler", "Dean", "000 000-0000", "4 Av.", "Oakland", "CA", "00000", 1) 11> GO 1> 2> 3> CREATE PROCEDURE cleartext 4> AS 5> SELECT * FROM authors 6> GO 1> 2> CREATE PROCEDURE hidetext WITH ENCRYPTION 3> AS 4> SELECT * FROM authors 5> GO 1> 2> 3> 4> 5> SELECT name, type FROM syscomments c JOIN sysobjects o 6> ON o.id=c.id 7> WHERE encrypted = 1 8> 9> GO name type
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hidetext P 1> 2> 3> drop table authors; 4> GO 1> 2> drop PROCEDURE cleartext ; 3> GO</source>
Join syscomments and sysobjects
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5> CREATE TABLE authors( 6> au_id varchar(11), 7> au_lname varchar(40) NOT NULL, 8> au_fname varchar(20) NOT NULL, 9> phone char(12) NOT NULL DEFAULT ("UNKNOWN"), 10> address varchar(40) NULL, 11> city varchar(20) NULL, 12> state char(2) NULL, 13> zip char(5) NULL, 14> contract bit NOT NULL 15> ) 16> GO 1> insert authors values("1", "Joe", "Abra", "111 111-1111", "6 St.", "Berkeley", "CA", "11111", 1) 2> insert authors values("2", "Jack", "Majo", "222 222-2222", "3 St.", "Oakland" , "CA", "22222", 1) 3> insert authors values("3", "Pink", "Cherry", "333 333-3333", "5 Ln.", "Vancouver", "BC", "33333", 1) 4> insert authors values("4", "Blue", "Albert", "444 444-4444", "7 Av.", "Vancouver", "BC", "44444", 1) 5> insert authors values("5", "Red", "Anne", "555 555-5555", "6 Av.", "Regina", "SK", "55555", 1) 6> insert authors values("6", "Black", "Michel", "666 666-6666", "3 Pl.", "Regina", "SK", "66666", 1) 7> insert authors values("7", "White", "Sylvia", "777 777-7777", "1 Pl.", "Rockville", "MD", "77777", 1) 8> insert authors values("8", "Yellow","Heather","888 888-8888", "3 Pu", "Vacaville", "CA", "88888", 0) 9> insert authors values("9", "Gold", "Dep", "999 999-9999", "5 Av.", "Oakland", "CA", "99999", 0) 10> insert authors values("10", "Siler", "Dean", "000 000-0000", "4 Av.", "Oakland", "CA", "00000", 1) 11> GO 1> 2> 3> CREATE PROCEDURE cleartext 4> AS 5> SELECT * FROM authors 6> GO 1> 2> CREATE PROCEDURE hidetext WITH ENCRYPTION 3> AS 4> SELECT * FROM authors 5> GO 1> 2> 3> 4> SELECT o.name, o.id, 5> number, colid, c.status, texttype, encrypted, text 6> FROM syscomments c JOIN sysobjects o 7> ON o.id=c.id 8> WHERE o.id=OBJECT_ID("hidetext") OR o.id=OBJECT_ID("cleartext") 9> GO name id number colid status texttype encrypted text
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cleartext 1175727291 1 1 0 2 0 CREATE PROCEDURE cleartext AS SELECT * FROM authors
hidetext 1191727348 1 1 1 6 1 NULL
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2> drop table authors;
3> GO
1>
2> drop PROCEDURE cleartext ;
3> GO
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Retrieving an Object"s Definition from syscomments
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3> 4> CREATE TABLE employee( 5> id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, 6> first_name VARCHAR(10), 7> last_name VARCHAR(10), 8> salary DECIMAL(10,2), 9> start_Date DATETIME, 10> region VARCHAR(10), 11> city VARCHAR(20), 12> managerid INTEGER 13> ); 14> GO 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (1, "Jason" , "Martin", 5890,"2005-03-22","North","Vancouver",3); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (2, "Alison", "Mathews",4789,"2003-07-21","South","Utown",4); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (3, "James" , "Smith", 6678,"2001-12-01","North","Paris",5); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (4, "Celia" , "Rice", 5567,"2006-03-03","South","London",6); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (5, "Robert", "Black", 4467,"2004-07-02","East","Newton",7); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (6, "Linda" , "Green" , 6456,"2002-05-19","East","Calgary",8); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (7, "David" , "Larry", 5345,"2008-03-18","West","New York",9); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (8, "James" , "Cat", 4234,"2007-07-17","West","Regina",9); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (9, "Joan" , "Act", 6123,"2001-04-16","North","Toronto",10); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee; 3> GO id first_name last_name salary start_Date region city managerid
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1 Jason Martin 5890.00 2005-03-22 00:00:00.000 North Vancouver 3 2 Alison Mathews 4789.00 2003-07-21 00:00:00.000 South Utown 4 3 James Smith 6678.00 2001-12-01 00:00:00.000 North Paris 5 4 Celia Rice 5567.00 2006-03-03 00:00:00.000 South London 6 5 Robert Black 4467.00 2004-07-02 00:00:00.000 East Newton 7 6 Linda Green 6456.00 2002-05-19 00:00:00.000 East Calgary 8 7 David Larry 5345.00 2008-03-18 00:00:00.000 West New York 9 8 James Cat 4234.00 2007-07-17 00:00:00.000 West Regina 9 9 Joan Act 6123.00 2001-04-16 00:00:00.000 North Toronto 10
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> 3> 4> CREATE VIEW MyView 5> AS 6> SELECT 7> id 8> FROM 9> Employee 10> GO 1> 2> 3> SELECT 4> [text] 5> FROM 6> syscomments 7> WHERE 8> [id] = OBJECT_ID("dbo.MyView") 9> 10> drop view MyView 11> GO text
CREATE VIEW MyView AS SELECT
id
FROM
Employee
(1 rows affected) 1> 2> 3> drop table employee; 4> GO 1></source>