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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'`.

*   [String Types](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/data/data-cloud-query-guide/references/dc-sql-reference/string.html)


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