>> But is there some sort of equivalent for encrypting the actual data as stored in SQL Server? So data is stored scrambled in the database, but normal during the reading and reporting to user for editing.
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>As far as I can remember, the webcast at the link below covered encryption for SQL 2005...
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>http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032290365&CountryCode=US

Yes, but the installation is on SQL 2000