On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 11:22:40PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Neil Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I want to store some binary data in Postgres. The data is an
> > MD5 checksum of the user's password, in binary. It will be
> > exactly 16 bytes (since it is a one-way hash).
>
> > Can I store
Neil Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I want to store some binary data in Postgres. The data is an
> MD5 checksum of the user's password, in binary. It will be
> exactly 16 bytes (since it is a one-way hash).
> Can I store this safely in a CHAR column?
No. CHAR and friends assume there are
I want to store some binary data in Postgres. The data is an
MD5 checksum of the user's password, in binary. It will be
exactly 16 bytes (since it is a one-way hash).
Can I store this safely in a CHAR column? Can the data be
treated normally (i.e. compare a binary checksum of the
password the use
