SymmetricKey.AddKeyEncryption Method (SymmetricKeyEncryption)

Adds key encryption to the symmetric key.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub AddKeyEncryption ( _
    keyEncryption As SymmetricKeyEncryption _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As SymmetricKey 
Dim keyEncryption As SymmetricKeyEncryption

instance.AddKeyEncryption(keyEncryption)

public void AddKeyEncryption(
    SymmetricKeyEncryption keyEncryption
)

public:
void AddKeyEncryption(
    SymmetricKeyEncryption^ keyEncryption
)

member AddKeyEncryption : 
        keyEncryption:SymmetricKeyEncryption -> unit

public function AddKeyEncryption(
    keyEncryption : SymmetricKeyEncryption
)

Parameters

• keyEncryption
  Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SymmetricKeyEncryption
  A SymmetricKeyEncryption object value that specifies one encryption mechanism to be added to the symmetric key.

Remarks

The SymmetricKeyEncryption object parameter defines a key encryption type and a name or password associated with it.

Examples

Using Encryption

See Also

Reference

SymmetricKey Class

AddKeyEncryption Overload

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Encryption Hierarchy

CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY (Transact-SQL)