This recipe shows how to create an encrypted stored procedure using SMO and PowerShell.
The T-SQL equivalent of the encrypted stored procedure we are about to recreate in PowerShell is as follows:
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[uspGetPersonByLastName] @LastName [varchar](50) WITH ENCRYPTION AS SELECT TOP 10 BusinessEntityID, LastName FROM Person.Person WHERE LastName = @LastName
Follow these steps to create the uspGetPersonByLastName stored procedure using PowerShell:
Open PowerShell ISE as administrator.
Import the SQLPS module and create a new SMO Server Object:
#import SQL Server module Import-Module SQLPS -DisableNameChecking #replace this with your instance name $instanceName = "localhost" $server = New-Object -TypeName Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server -ArgumentList $instanceName
Add the following script and run:
$dbName = "AdventureWorks2014" $db = $server.Databases[$dbName] #storedProcedure class on MSDN: #http:/...