Stored procedure: Decrypt encrypted stored procedures, views or triggers

This stored procedure will decrypt stored procedures, views or triggers that were encrypted using "with encryption". It is adapted from a script by Joseph Gama and ShoeBoy. There are two versions: one for SP's only and the other one for SP's, triggers and views. For version 1, the input is object name (stored procedure, view or trigger), and for version 2, the input is object name (stored procedure, view or trigger), object type ('T'-trigger, 'P'-stored procedure or 'V'-view). From PlanetSourceCode.com.

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Joakim M. writes: I tried this script with mixed results. It works for some encrypted procedures, but for others I get error meassages like:

Karl C writes: I got the same message as Joakim M. but upon further investigation I found that this happens only when stored procedures exceed 4000 characters. When this happens, SQL Server stores the procedure across multiple rows so you get the error 'subquery returne more than 1 row'. To get around that you can change the statement

That will get you the first part of the stored procedure, which can't be created bec...

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ause it is missing the end part and is not a valid syntax but you can print @resultsp out to see it.

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