Thread: field md5

Hi, i'm working with a table that must have the password field crypted
in md5 with php, i'm using a 7.3.4-RH Postgresql version, how i can set
the type of the field?, if the password must have 12 how max length but
is stored in md5?.

And is stable the 7.4.2? o r i must wait to the RHDB next release to
upgrade my postgres?.

Thankx 4 all

Regards


Joe Nilson

> Hi, i'm working with a table that must have the password field crypted
> in md5 with php, i'm using a 7.3.4-RH Postgresql version, how i can set
> the type of the field?, if the password must have 12 how max length but
> is stored in md5?.

All MD5's are 32 characters in length.  You need to have a field of type
VARCHAR(32) to store your encrypted password.

> And is stable the 7.4.2? o r i must wait to the RHDB next release to
> upgrade my postgres?.

7.4.2 is the latest, most stable release.

Chris

> All MD5's are 32 characters in length.  You need to have a field of type
> VARCHAR(32) to store your encrypted password.

char(32) would be the better choise i suppose

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> [Joe Nilson Zegarra Galvez schreef op 10-05-2004 09:28 -0500]
>
> Hi, i'm working with a table that must have the password field crypted
> in md5 with php, i'm using a 7.3.4-RH Postgresql version, how i can set
> the type of the field?, if the password must have 12 how max length but
> is stored in md5?.

FYI, I heard that 7.4 has a md5 function on board, so you wouldn't
have to depend on the php function. A better choice IMO. This way you
can change your interface to another script language and still have
the functionality.

As to the length: why not simply make it varchar and let pg handle the
storage? IIRC there is no difference between 2 filled varchar(10)
fields and 2 filled varchar fields.

> And is stable the 7.4.2? o r i must wait to the RHDB next release to
> upgrade my postgres?.
>
> Thankx 4 all
>
> Regards
>
>
> Joe Nilson
>
>



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