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Version: 2.5

md5

Uses the MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm to calculate the 128-bit checksum of a string. The checksum is represented by a 32-character hexadecimal string.

Syntax​

md5(expr)

Parameters​

expr: the string to calculate. It must be of the VARCHAR type.

Return value​

Returns a checksum of the VARCHAR type, which is a 32-character hexadecimal string.

If the input is NULL, NULL is returned.

Examples​

select md5('abc');
+----------------------------------+
| md5('abc')                       |
+----------------------------------+
| 900150983cd24fb0d6963f7d28e17f72 |
+----------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)
select md5(null);
+-----------+
| md5(NULL) |
+-----------+
| NULL      |
+-----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Keywords​

MD5, ENCRYPTION