Re: field with Password

From: Thomas Markus <t(dot)markus(at)proventis(dot)net>
To: Iñigo Barandiaran <ibarandiaran(at)vicomtech(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: field with Password
Date: 2009-02-04 10:23:46
Message-ID: 49896CB2.7010804@proventis.net
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what do you expect from such type? try to use a text field for plain
passwords or better store only hashvalues. see md5()

regards
thomas

Iñigo Barandiaran schrieb:
> Hi.
>
>
> I would like to create a new table where one of the field would be a
> user password. Is there any data type for supporting this
> functionality? Something like Password DataType. I've taken a look of
> the available data types in PgAdmin Application and there is nothing
> similar to this.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Best,
>

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