ASYMKEYPROPERTY (Transact-SQL)
Returns the properties of an asymmetric key.
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Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions
Syntax
ASYMKEYPROPERTY (Key_ID , 'algorithm_desc' | 'string_sid' | 'sid')
Arguments
Key_ID
Is the Key_ID of an asymmetric key in the database. To find the Key_ID when you only know the key name, use ASYMKEY_ID. Key_ID is data type int.'algorithm_desc'
Specifies that the output returns the algorithm description of the asymmetric key. Only available for asymmetric keys created from an EKM module.'string_sid'
Specifies that the output returns the SID of the asymmetric key in nvarchar() format.'sid'
Specifies that the output returns the SID of the asymmetric key in binary format.
Return Types
sql_variant
Permissions
Requires some permission on the asymmetric key and that the caller has not been denied VIEW permission on the asymmetric key.
Examples
The following example returns the properties of the asymmetric key with Key_ID 256.
SELECT
ASYMKEYPROPERTY(256, 'algorithm_desc') AS Algorithm,
ASYMKEYPROPERTY(256, 'string_sid') AS String_SID,
ASYMKEYPROPERTY(256, 'sid') AS SID ;
GO
See Also
Reference
CREATE ASYMMETRIC KEY (Transact-SQL)
ALTER ASYMMETRIC KEY (Transact-SQL)
DROP ASYMMETRIC KEY (Transact-SQL)
VERIFYSIGNEDBYASYMKEY (Transact-SQL)
sys.asymmetric_keys (Transact-SQL)
Security Catalog Views (Transact-SQL)