At 11:57 PM -0800 01-10-2000, dissonant wrote:
>On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Jason Saunders wrote:
>
>> [...]
>> I'm using the C API, so I could just as easily use the encrypt system
>> call, rather than use the SQL function which calls the same system call.
>> The question is whether the function is executed in the client or on the
>> server, which would make a difference over an insecure link.
>>
>> It would be nice if the PASSWORD() SQL function was faster than the
>> encrypt system call.
>>
>> [...]
>
>Lest this thread die prematurely, I'm also deathly curious as to whether
>the ENCRYPT() SQL function is faster than the system call...since, right
>now I'm using the crypt() system call as well, and for those inclined to
>give irrelevant but info-stuffed answers, what I'm doing isn't important
>enough to me to bother using MD5. Thanks,
According to the manual, ENCRYPT() is implemented using the crypt()
system call, so it's doubtful that there is much performance difference.
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Paul DuBois, paul@stripped
