Encryption question, sql 2000

Situation: We are required to encrypt procs in part of our production
environment. We have the
unencrypted procs in test environment. As a sanity check (when a problem
arises), is there a way
to verify that an encrypted proc (ctext) in production matches a specific
unencrypted version?
If the procs were first encrypted with Alter Proc ... With Encryption, then
the same script can be
run again, and before/after syscomments.ctext values compared. But this is
a destructive test
that potentially changes prod environment.
Is there some benign alternative?
Thanks,
Craig Hessel
WPS, Madison, WICraig,
Two possibilities:
1) Restore db to development machine. Unencrypt stored procs there and chec
k them
( unencryption algo is straightforward but destructive )
2) Check the length of the procedures in syscomments - most edits will chang
e this
Regards
AJ
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> Situation: We are required to encrypt procs in part of our production
> environment. We have the
> unencrypted procs in test environment. As a sanity check (when a problem
> arises), is there a way
> to verify that an encrypted proc (ctext) in production matches a specific
> unencrypted version?
> If the procs were first encrypted with Alter Proc ... With Encryption, the
n
> the same script can be
> run again, and before/after syscomments.ctext values compared. But this i
s
> a destructive test
> that potentially changes prod environment.
> Is there some benign alternative?
> Thanks,
> Craig Hessel
> WPS, Madison, WI
>

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