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Hashing

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January 23, 2012 at 8:52 pm

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Ron McCullough SSC Guru Points: 63877 More actions · Answer 1

Nice question really had to dig deep into my memory to, well answer the question.

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

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Carlo Romagnano SSC-Insane Points: 22670 More actions · Answer 2

It seems too easy. So, I digged in deep on google and MSDN.

Thanks for the qotd. 😀

paul s-306273 SSChampion Points: 10730 More actions · Answer 3

Easy question - if you know the answer.

(I had to look!)

cengland0 SSCertifiable Points: 6102 More actions · Answer 4

This was so easy I answered right away without hesitation. Then, I noticed it was a two point question and that gave me doubt. Those two point questions always have some twist to them. So, I looked up the definition of deterministic to make sure I understood the word correctly.

Definition: In computer science, a deterministic algorithm is an algorithm which, in informal terms, behaves predictably.

Also, for those interested, Steve had a nice post about this function on June 28, 2011:

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/steve_jones/2011/06/28/hashbytes-_1320_-a-t_2D00_sql-function/

I got it right but I was scared to push that submit button.

Michael Lysons SSCertifiable Points: 6491 More actions · Answer 5

Great question as it taught me about Hashbytes, which is something I did not know about.

Toreador SSChampion Points: 11365 More actions · Answer 6

Nice question, but the documentation linked to doesn't really explain anything!

rfr.ferrari SSCertifiable Points: 6879 More actions · Answer 7

This issue is so obvious that i was confused!!!

Good question!

thanks Steve!!!!

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 8

Nice question, but quite easy as hash functions are deterministic by design.

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Thomas Abraham SSChampion Points: 10761 More actions · Answer 9

An unexpected adventure into hashing - Hash Tuesday anyone?

Thanks for the stimulating question Steve.

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Britt Cluff SSCertifiable Points: 5083 More actions · Answer 10

Yeah, I got my point. Thanks for the question Steve.

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cengland0 SSCertifiable Points: 6102 More actions · Answer 11

Britt Cluff (1/24/2012)
Yeah, I got my point. Thanks for the question Steve.

Two points for today.

Ryan Barrett Right there with Babe Points: 731 More actions · Answer 12

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January 24, 2012 at 6:00 am

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Nice question. I had never heard of HashBytes before.

paul.knibbs SSCoach Points: 15320 More actions · Answer 13

A non-deterministic hash function wouldn't be terribly useful, would it? 😉

Mattrick Ten Centuries Points: 1176 More actions · Answer 14

Great question that shows why salting your hashes is so important.

Thanks,

Matt