(SQL Server) RSA Sign with PKCS8 Encrypted Key

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @pkey int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.PrivateKey', @pkey OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Load the private key from an RSA PEM file:
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @pkey, 'LoadPkcs8EncryptedFile', @success OUT, 'privateKey.key', 'myPassword'

    DECLARE @rsa int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Rsa', @rsa OUT

    -- Import the private key into the RSA object:
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rsa, 'UsePrivateKey', @success OUT, @pkey
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rsa, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pkey
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rsa
        RETURN
      END

    -- Return the signature in hex
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @rsa, 'EncodingMode', 'hex'

    DECLARE @strData nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @strData = 'This is the string to be signed.'

    -- Sign the string using the sha-1 hash algorithm.
    -- Other valid choices are "md2", "sha256", "sha384", "sha512",  and "md5".
    DECLARE @hexSig nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rsa, 'SignStringENC', @hexSig OUT, @strData, 'sha-1'


    PRINT @hexSig

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pkey
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rsa


END
GO