Encrypt data in SQL Server

Does SQL Server has any build-in function for encrypt & decrypt database
data?
Grey,
SQL Server 2000 does not support database data encryption as such. There are
third party products available: see, for example, DbEncrypt or XP_Crypt. SQL
Server 2005 will have column-level encryption; you can read more about it by
searching on the Web.
Hope this helps,
Ron
Ron Talmage
SQL Server MVP
"Grey" <erickwyum@.i-cable.com> wrote in message
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> Does SQL Server has any build-in function for encrypt & decrypt database
> data?
>