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Using the HASHBYTES Function in SQL

Using the HASHBYTES Function in SQL

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The HASHBYTES?function returns the MD2, MD4, MD5, SHA, SHA1, or SHA2 hash of a string. The next example returns a SHA1 hash value of it the string that was input.

DECLARE @Hash nvarchar(4000);SET @Hash = CONVERT(nvarchar(4000),'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890');SELECT HASHBYTES('SHA1', @Hash);

The SHA1 hash value is:

0x13E4284CDEBC43B9CF5D544D6064FE537195E4FC

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