>I don't know the answers to these questions. Here is an example of the encrypted string:
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>xvneoUNC7ùêæĵ˜†]T>"Ûͪ“m|+ 缨pM öûžjBÓ±zIǼw9öŒKÐ¥RÌw¾q)ЗOý²PÇl ûtÊs)¿f ¯|ï•-ÎX§8ÖJ‰;Çgé| ™µEÏVîfëpíX‘‡3ø{÷\ç[ÕHð4ˆËhÒ@³+…èW¿‡ïO¬>nË(ŠÕ>œòK‘õLŠäg„ð$kúe¿ç ‚ÕM£ÄQ†é T–¸Õ*rƒßØ's¯¯s"Í–ŸsSÖÂ¥‚bq"êÏ㻆iwp-=ÔôÃج“¸´Šƒ«—–mo\
>With this value, your best bet is varbinary(). It contains non-printable characters (and also length is 251 for this sample).
I would use varbinary(MAX) but you can choose an arbitrary max length like varbinary(8000).
