SHA1

Uses the US Secure Hash Algorithm 1 to calculate the SHA1 hash of string.

Uses the US Secure Hash Algorithm 1 to calculate the SHA1 hash of string. Returns the result as a VARCHAR string in hexadecimal.

Behavior type

Immutable

Syntax

SHA1 ( string )

Arguments

string
The VARCHAR or VARBINARY string to be calculated.

Examples

The following examples calculate the SHA1 hash of the provided strings:

=> SELECT SHA1('123');
                   SHA1
------------------------------------------
 40bd001563085fc35165329ea1ff5c5ecbdbbeef
(1 row)

=> SELECT SHA1('Vertica'::bytea);
                   SHA1
------------------------------------------
 ee2cff8d3444995c6c301546c4fc5ee152d77c11
(1 row)

See also