Looks like a good candidate to replace the current functionality. Are there
multiple places we can use this generator?

On the other hand: the current passwords will remain valid for only 24
hours. If there's no other place we can use the generator: does that
warrant the extra complexity?

Bye,

Erik.


On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Håvard Sørli <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> for use in  (and other places where we generate passwords)
> branches/1.3/sql/upgrade/1.2-1.3.sql
>
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION random_string(INTEGER)
> RETURNS TEXT AS
> $BODY$
> SELECT array_to_string(
>      ARRAY (
>          SELECT substring(
>
> '0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz!#&()?[]'
>              FROM (ceil(random()*70))::int FOR 1
>          )
>          FROM generate_series(1, $1)
>      ),
>      ''
> )
> $BODY$
> LANGUAGE sql VOLATILE;
>
> Test:
>
> $=> select random_string(12);
>   random_string
> ---------------
>   LAw)hNFnwciy
> (1 row)
>
> $=> select random_string(12) from generate_series(1,15);
>   random_string
> ---------------
>   6A[s[u]jAcNI
>   1NcZEJ#ZUpW3
>   4lr!GRrMcq7b
>   c6CnjZ?lxZC4
>   t5dFv1Jzn2s)
>   TcI[KQZxWmc7
>   EZt31?7v2l3x
>   nMpSOaOs4hrP
>   ]IEW?qeBIPFK
>   MM8P0BFnY?8w
>   XXhb6Q!6j6cg
>   x8r8Y[TvLbCM
>   nS2DPA1whjPo
>   1IulOOJEX3M[
>   2qtOJ?k[QmBp
>
>
> Can we replace random()::text  with random_string ?
> We could make the long '012345......' as a variable or make several
> selectable variants. (by example exclude characters like I, 1 and l
> because they look too similar or other variants).
>
>
> --
> Håvard Sørli - http:/www.anix.no
>
>
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