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Old 02-29-2008, 03:57 AM
Joe Saliba
 
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can we secure mdf file, if it's copied from one location to another
could not be used ???

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Old 02-29-2008, 03:57 AM
Erland Sommarskog
 
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Joe Saliba (josephs73@hotmail.com) writes:
> can we secure mdf file, if it's copied from one location to another
> could not be used ???


If you detach it, you could use some 3rd party software to encrypt it.
But if you need to have the database attached, and I suppose you do,
the answer is no.


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