`MD5`

Data 360 Query Guide, mirrored from developer.salesforce.com: **Applies to:** ✅ Data 360 SQL ✅ Tableau Hyper API

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MD5

Applies to: ✅ Data 360 SQL ✅ Tableau Hyper API

Calculates the MD5 hash of data, returning the result in hexadecimal.

  • <data>: The text or bytea data to hash.

Returns a text value that contains the hexadecimal MD5 hash.

  • MD5 is not cryptographically secure for security-critical applications.
  • Use for checksums and data integrity, not for password hashing.

Get the MD5 hash of a string.

Returns '900150983cd24fb0d6963f7d28e17f72'.

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