PASSWORD() always returns a string that's 16 characters long. ---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Haak [mailto:thaak@hes.hmc.psu.edu] > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 8:05 AM > To: holmes072000@charter.net; php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: Selecting PASSWORD() value in MySQL > > The query didn't return any rows when the only row in the table matched > the criteria. Someone else suggested adjusting the field width in the > table which worked. I didn't think the PASSWORD() function added that > many additional characters (5 character password resulted in a string > longer than 15). The stored string's end was concatenated. I found that > in my example it made the string 4 times as long. > > Thanks! > > Tim Haak > > -----Original Message----- > From: John W. Holmes [mailto:holmes072000@charter.net] > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:17 PM > To: Tim Haak; php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: Selecting PASSWORD() value in MySQL > > > > I'm trying to retrieve data from a MySQL table which contains data > > encrypted with the MySQL "PASSWORD()" function from a PHP script but I > > can't seem to get it to work. Below is the query I'm trying: > > > > SELECT * FROM user_data WHERE username = 'thaak' AND password = > > PASSWORD('thaak'); > > > > I then tried the following subquery/subselect: > > > > SELECT * FROM user_data WHERE username = 'thaak' AND password IN > (SELECT > > PASSWORD('thaak') FROM user_data); > > > > ...which also didn't work. > > How do you know it "didn't work"? The first query is what you want to > use. If you are using PHP variables, make sure they actually have the > values you expect in them. > > ---John Holmes... > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
