-- -- crypt() and gen_salt(): extended des -- SELECT crypt('', '_J9..j2zz'); SELECT crypt('foox', '_J9..j2zz'); CREATE TABLE ctest (data text, res text, salt text); INSERT INTO ctest VALUES ('password', '', ''); UPDATE ctest SET salt = gen_salt('xdes', 1001); UPDATE ctest SET res = crypt(data, salt); SELECT res = crypt(data, res) AS "worked" FROM ctest; DROP TABLE ctest;