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Encryption against sa
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mrdenny
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If you encrypt the values using a password and you don't store the password in the database, or in a stored procedure then the DBA can't decrypt the value.
However if you don't trust your DBA with the data, you should probably be looking for a new DBA.
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However if you don't trust your DBA with the data, you should probably be looking for a new DBA.
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