SHA2

Syntax

SHA2(str,hash_len)

Description

Given a string str, calculates an SHA-2 checksum, which is considered more cryptographically secure than its SHA-1 equivalent. The SHA-2 family includes SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512, and the hash_len must correspond to one of these, i.e. 224, 256, 384 or 512. 0 is equivalent to 256.

The return value is a nonbinary string in the connection character set and collation, determined by the values of the character_set_connection and collation_connection system variables.

NULL is returned if the hash length is not valid, or the string str is NULL.

Examples

SELECT SHA2('Maria',224);
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| SHA2('Maria',224)                                        |
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| 6cc67add32286412efcab9d0e1675a43a5c2ef3cec8879f81516ff83 |
+----------------------------------------------------------+

SELECT SHA2('Maria',256);
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| SHA2('Maria',256)                                                |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 9ff18ebe7449349f358e3af0b57cf7a032c1c6b2272cb2656ff85eb112232f16 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+

SELECT SHA2('Maria',0);
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| SHA2('Maria',0)                                                  |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 9ff18ebe7449349f358e3af0b57cf7a032c1c6b2272cb2656ff85eb112232f16 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+

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