Categories:: String & Binary Functions (Checksum)

MD5 , MD5_HEX¶

Returns a 32-character hex-encoded string containing the 128-bit MD5 message digest.

These functions are synonymous.

Syntax¶

MD5(<msg>)

MD5_HEX(<msg>)

Arguments¶

msg: A string expression, the message to be hashed.

Returns¶

Returns a 32-character hex-encoded string.

Usage Notes¶

Although the MD5, MD5_BINARY, and MD5_NUMBER functions were originally developed as cryptographic functions, they are now obsolete for cryptography and should not be used for that purpose. They can be used for other purposes, for example as “checksum” functions to detect accidental data corruption.

Examples¶

SELECT md5('Snowflake');

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         MD5('SNOWFLAKE')         |
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 edf1439075a83a447fb8b630ddc9c8de |
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