KEY_GUID()

Returns the GUID of a symmetric key in the database.

Signature

Key_GUID( 'Key_Name' )

Examples

SELECT Key_GUID('ABerglundKey1');

NULL

Run against SQL Server 16.0.4265.3 on 2026-09-13. This is the output we got, not the documentation’s.

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