----- Original Message ----- From: "Jianping Zhu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 1:58 PM
> I want the passwd field not to be plain text but encrypted. how can i do > that? Use the password function: mysql> create table users ( -> name varchar(12), -> pass varchar(16)); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.14 sec) mysql> insert into users values ('bruce',password('mine')); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> select * from users where pass = password('mine'); +-------+------------------+ | name | pass | +-------+------------------+ | bruce | 61ce8de3029ff1ab | +-------+------------------+ 1 row in set (0.14 sec) See also http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Miscellaneous_functions.html for a discussion of other encryption techniques, including MD5 and SHA1. Best regards, Bruce MacDonald Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul USA --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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