Re: How to store a password encripted in a user defined table - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From John DeSoi
Subject Re: How to store a password encripted in a user defined table
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Msg-id 95880380-1F04-44B5-9353-BAB84955748E@pgedit.com
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In response to Re: How to store a password encripted in a user defined table  (Eugenio Flores <eflores767003@yahoo.com.mx>)
Responses Re: How to store a password encripted in a user definedtable  ("Bart Degryse" <Bart.Degryse@indicator.be>)
Re: How to store a password encripted in a user defined table  ("Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha" <ezequias.rocha@gmail.com>)
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MD5 is built-in to PostgreSQL. It is what PostgreSQL itself uses to  
hash passwords. For example:

select md5('this is my password');
               md5
----------------------------------
210d53992dff432ec1b1a9698af9da16
(1 row)



On Mar 1, 2007, at 6:06 AM, Eugenio Flores wrote:

> Thanks Andrej. But how can I use such algoritms in postgresql? arey  
> they defined in a function that I can call?
>
> Or, do I have to code one of those algorithm to use it in my  
> application?



John DeSoi, Ph.D.
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