RBarryYoung (8/10/2009)
To clarify: HashBytes w/ SHA1 is nigh-unbreakable.
Hey Barry,
On the other hand, it is relatively slow, only works on strings, and returns varbinary(8000).
If the task is to detect changes in a row of data, would you use HashBytes (SHA1) alone?
Paul
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