SHA224

Uses the US Secure Hash Algorithm 2 to calculate the SHA224 hash of string.

Uses the US Secure Hash Algorithm 2 to calculate the SHA224 hash of string. Returns the result as a VARCHAR string in hexadecimal.

Behavior type

Immutable

Syntax

SHA224 ( string )

Arguments

string
The VARCHAR or VARBINARY string to be calculated.

Examples

The following examples calculate the SHA224 hash of the provided strings:

=> SELECT SHA224('abc');
                      SHA224
----------------------------------------------------------
78d8045d684abd2eece923758f3cd781489df3a48e1278982466017f
(1 row)

=> SELECT SHA224('Vertica'::bytea);
                      SHA224
----------------------------------------------------------
 135ac268f64ff3124aeeebc3cc0af0a29fd600a3be8e29ed97e45e25
(1 row)

=> SELECT sha224(''::varbinary) = 'd14a028c2a3a2bc9476102bb288234c415a2b01f828ea62ac5b3e42f' AS "TRUE";
 TRUE
------
t
(1 row)

See also