(SQL Server) Find Certificate by Serial Number

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Demonstrates how to find a certificate having the specified hexadecimal serial number.

Note: Requires Chilkat v10.1.2 or later.

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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 @sTmp1 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @certStore int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.CertStore" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.CertStore', @certStore OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- This example will search the certs on connected USB tokens and smartcards.
    DECLARE @argNotUsed nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @argNotUsed = ''
    DECLARE @success int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @certStore, 'OpenSmartcard', @success OUT, @argNotUsed
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @certStore, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @certStore
        RETURN
      END

    -- Find the certificate having a serial number = "48FC93B46055948D36A7C98A89D69416".
    DECLARE @hexSerial nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @hexSerial = '48FC93B46055948D36A7C98A89D69416'
    DECLARE @json int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'serial', @hexSerial

    DECLARE @cert int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Cert" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Cert', @cert OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @certStore, 'FindCert', @success OUT, @json, @cert
    IF @success = 1
      BEGIN
        -- Show the serial number and subject CN

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @cert, 'SerialNumber', @sTmp0 OUT

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @cert, 'SubjectCN', @sTmp1 OUT
        PRINT 'Found: ' + @sTmp0 + ', ' + @sTmp1
      END
    ELSE
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'Not found.'
      END

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @certStore
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert


END
GO