Yes, that's intentional - we have changed this in 4.1, but it's not documented in the manual yet. A quote from the developer working on that code:
So, the PASSWORD() function is now not to be used for passwords? The problem is that I have built at least a few applications that use PASSWORD() as the authentication mechanism as it produces a one-way hash that is the same every time - the same as what MD5() does. No one was told that this wasn't the desired usage for PASSWORD().
Now the problem that I face is that I can't convert my old passwords to MD5 hashes because the original PASSWORD() function was irreversible. Therefore I am left with no choice but to use a deprecated function... which I really don't want to do... What do you suggest? Regards, Matt Parlane Modus Consulting sql,query --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
