MD5

Hashes the given string or binary data using the message digest algorithm, version 5.

MD5 has been strongly deprecated as a means of securely signing data, given the multiple weaknesses discovered in the algorithm.

It is present in SingleStore mainly for backwards compatibility and for systems which require a "good enough" hashing function and can tolerate collisions. For a more secure hash function, see SHA2.

Syntax

MD5(plaintext)

Arguments

  • plaintext: the data to hash.

Return Type

32 lower case hexadecimal digits corresponding to the 128-bit binary hash value.

Examples

SELECT MD5('ohai');
+----------------------------------+
| MD5('ohai')                      |
+----------------------------------+
| 5a73678b7b674005056434a48054707d |
+----------------------------------+

Last modified: May 3, 2023

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