Azure SQL is not the only database supporting the feature. Azure functions can be triggered from CosmosDB and other cloud providers integrate as well triggers from relational databases to FaaS.

The "Encryptbypassphrase" function transforms the credit card number into an encrypted binary field using the "secret code" password. Read the record with a SQL SELECT statement.

Like most databases created in the last couple of decades, SQL Server allows developers to extend the database by creating functions. But prior to the upcoming 2019 release, SQL Server’s support ...