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pmccann1
Posting Yak Master

107 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-14 : 07:08:56
Is there a way on a databse that the a password field is encrypted and no one can see what it is. I have loooked under dadt types and cant see it

SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks

30421 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-14 : 07:10:37
There is not. But you can store a MD5 hash value of the password (even CRC32 will suffice) in the database.
Then just compare the hash sum when logging in.


Peter Larsson
Helsingborg, Sweden
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