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.
http://pgedit.com/
Power Tools for PostgreSQL


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