Is it possible to generate a SHA-256 hash of a string from a stored procedure in Sql Server 2008?
For deployment reasons, I’d prefer it in TSQL.
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Is it possible to generate a SHA-256 hash of a string from a stored procedure in Sql Server 2008?
For deployment reasons, I’d prefer it in TSQL.
Update: SQL Server 2012 HASHBYTES() now supports SHA-256 and SHA-512 out of the box.
Sure. You can do it in TSQL, but it will be much easier to implement it as a CLR Stored procedure.
Here’s an actual example, that simply uses the .NET Framework types: Let’s Hash a BLOB