Re: crypt(table.field) ? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Marko Kreen
Subject Re: crypt(table.field) ?
Date
Msg-id 20010426181359.A29269@l-t.ee
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In response to crypt(table.field) ?  (will trillich <will@serensoft.com>)
List pgsql-general
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 09:15:45AM -0500, will trillich wrote:
> i know "password" can be used in creating/altering user
> information (as used via GRANT and REVOKE) but is there any
> facility within postgres to CRYPT() a value?

At the moment no.  You should patch your PostgreSQL source for
that.  There is a patch in techdocs site which imports system
crypt to SQL level and there is my pgcrypto package which does
this and more...

   http://www.l-t.ee/marko/pgsql/pgcrypto-0.3.tar.gz

--
marko


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