CLOSE MASTER KEY (Transact-SQL)
SQL Server 2005 Books Online (November 2008)
CLOSE MASTER KEY (Transact-SQL)

Closes the master key of the current database.

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CLOSE MASTER KEY

Takes no arguments.

This statement reverses the operation performed by OPEN MASTER KEY. CLOSE MASTER KEY only succeeds when the database master key was opened in the current session by using the OPEN MASTER KEY statement.

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USE AdventureWorks;
CLOSE MASTER KEY;
GO
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