Re: BUG #8467: Slightly confusing pgcrypto example in docs

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Richard Neill <rn214(at)richardneill(dot)org>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, postgresql(at)richardneill(dot)org, pgsql-bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BUG #8467: Slightly confusing pgcrypto example in docs
Date: 2013-10-11 00:22:30
Message-ID: 1381450950.5264.3.camel@vanquo.pezone.net
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On Thu, 2013-10-10 at 19:14 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > The changes shown below are incorrect, I think.
> >
> >
> > On 10/2/13 12:00 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > *************** gen_salt(type text [, iter_count integer
> > > *** 353,359 ****
> > > <entry>12 years</entry>
> > > </row>
> > > <row>
> > > ! <entry><literal>md5</></entry>
> > > <entry>2345086</entry>
> > > <entry>1 day</entry>
> > > <entry>3 years</entry>
> > > --- 358,364 ----
> > > <entry>12 years</entry>
> > > </row>
> > > <row>
> > > ! <entry><literal>md5 hash</></entry>
>
> Uh, the table already has a mention of md5 crypt above:
>
> <entry><literal>crypt-md5</></entry>
>
> How can the later entry not be MD5 hash?

Because what you pass to the functions is 'md5', not 'md5 hash', which
is what the new text appears to indicate.

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