MD5(str) calculates an MD5 128-bit checksum for the string. : MD5 « Encryption Compression Functions « MySQL Tutorial






mysql>
mysql>
mysql> SELECT MD5('testing');
+----------------------------------+
| MD5('testing')                   |
+----------------------------------+
| ae2b1fca515949e5d54fb22b8ed95575 |
+----------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)








19.11.MD5
19.11.1.MD5(str) calculates an MD5 128-bit checksum for the string.
19.11.2.Using MD5 function to ENCRYPT first name