title: Sql Server 2005: what data type to use to store passwords hashed by SHA-256 algorithm?
body: <p>In Sql Server 2005 what data type should be used to store passwords <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.cryptography.sha256managed(VS.71).aspx" rel="noreferrer">hashed by SHA-256 algorithm</a>? </p>
  
  <p>The data is <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.cryptography.sha256managed(VS.71).aspx" rel="noreferrer">hashed by the application</a> and passed to the database</p>