title: HashBytes works on sql server 2000?
body: <p>i have a client that runs a windows application on a sql server 2000 database, and i am trying to run a query that works fine on sql server 2005, with the HashBytes function like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>SUBSTRING(master.dbo.fn_varbintohexstr(HashBytes('MD5','some text'), 3, 32) AS MD5
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but i don't know if this function works on sql server 2000, so i don't want to send to him something that may not work.
  So, can you tell me if this is going to work on my client?
  If not.. what alternatives i have to save that 'some text' in md5 format?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>