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Database.MasterKey Property

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Gets the master key that is used to encrypt the private keys of certificates.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcObjectRelationship.Object, SfcObjectCardinality.ZeroToOne)> _
Public ReadOnly Property MasterKey As MasterKey 
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Database 
Dim value As MasterKey 

value = instance.MasterKey

[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcObjectRelationship.Object, SfcObjectCardinality.ZeroToOne)]
public MasterKey MasterKey { get; }

[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcObjectRelationship::Object, SfcObjectCardinality::ZeroToOne)]
public:
property MasterKey^ MasterKey {
    MasterKey^ get ();
}

[<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcObjectRelationship.Object, SfcObjectCardinality.ZeroToOne)>]
member MasterKey : MasterKey

function get MasterKey () : MasterKey

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.MasterKey
A MasterKey object value that specifies the master key that is used to encrypt the private keys of certificates.The database master key can be encrypted by the service master key.

Examples

Working with Database Objects

See Also

Reference

Database Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Using Encryption

Creating, Altering, and Removing Databases

CREATE DATABASE (Transact-SQL)