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Hashes the given string or binary data using the message digest algorithm, version 5. MD5 has been strongly deprecated as a means of securely signing data, given the multiple weaknesses discovered in the algorithm. It is present in SingleStore DB mainly for backwards compatibility and for systems which require a “good enough” hashing function and can tolerate collisions. For a more secure hash function, see SHA2.




  • plaintext: the data to hash.

Return Type

32 lower case hexadecimal digits corresponding to the 128-bit binary hash value.


select md5('ohai');
| md5('ohai')                      |
| 5a73678b7b674005056434a48054707d |

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