On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 08:08:11PM +0200, Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote: > Greg Sabino Mullane wrote: > > > >>>> Doesn't our inclusion of md5() pretty much blow that argument away? > >>>> (Just asking). > >>> I don't think so because md5 is just a one way hash function. There > >>> is no method to decrypt anything :). > > > > Actually, I've had to install pgcrypto on more than one occasion for > > clients who needed to have sha1 instead of md5. I've had to install > > pgcrypto for other functions as well, so +1 for me on coring it, but > > at the least please consider adding in sha1. > > I don't have a very strong opinion on that but sha1() is something I > need on a regular base too from pgcrypto.
sha1 would be nice, as would actual datatypes for them (though the datatypes are probably better left to pgFoundry). -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
