Hashes the given string or binary data using the secure hash algorithm, version 2. As of this writing (early 2015), SHA2 is considered secure for generating collision-resistant hashes.

Syntax

SHA2 ( plaintext, bitlen )

Arguments

• plaintext: the data to hash.
• bitlen: the size of the hash to create. Currently SingleStore DB supports only the values 256, 384, 512, and 0 (equivalent to 256).

Return Type

Lower case hexadecimal digits corresponding to the binary hash value.

Examples

SELECT SHA2('ohai', 0);
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| SHA2('ohai', 0)                                                  |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| e84712238709398f6d349dc2250b0efca4b72d8c2bfb7b74339d30ba94056b14 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+

SELECT SHA2('ohai', 256);
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| SHA2('ohai', 256)                                                |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| e84712238709398f6d349dc2250b0efca4b72d8c2bfb7b74339d30ba94056b14 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+

SELECT SHA2('ohai', 384);
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| SHA2('ohai', 384)                                                                                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2e2f6fcb70ea17cb674d7ba268026e30bde4cbe7abd74adc80d47f56ab15a5cc3e4e11e661cc22075a5b3b111bcc9afb |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

SELECT SHA2('ohai', 512);
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| SHA2('ohai', 512)                                                                                                                |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| c8bd85242ad59306e2f5cd0f26c44408bf4e9a7c6b6f3f8317fd226bd131435400eff8de7b5f9927ea4aa4c0624cdd3a23630b1b5ab76207adae442e019284e5 |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Related Topics

• SHA1

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