Re: MD5 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Michael Fuhr
Subject Re: MD5
Date
Msg-id 20041216231553.GA8488@winnie.fuhr.org
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In response to MD5  (Jamie Deppeler <jamie@doitonce.net.au>)
List pgsql-general
On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 09:41:22AM +1100, Jamie Deppeler wrote:

> I was just wondering is it possible to encrypt a filed in the database
> with md5? i know it is possible to do it with DB users

MD5 returns a hash, not an encrypted string that could later be
decrypted.  For an encryption mechanism see contrib/pgcrypto.

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Michael Fuhr
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