Why are Hex values in lower case in StringFingerprint()?

[swhite]

Hi

When I use the StringFingerPrint() function the hexidecimal values are in lower case but if I use the Hex() function they are in upper case. Should they not both be in upper case?

Thanks,
Simon

[NicTheQuick]

Why is this relevant for you? I see no problem with that, just a little inconsistency.

[wilbert]

Most of the time hash values are written with lowercase characters but of course uppercase is also valid.
Personally I wish Hex() would also return a lowercase result.
For me lowercase hex strings are easier to read.

[wombats]

You can use the LCase and UCase functions to change the result to how you want it.

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UseMD5Fingerprint()

Macro MD5(string)
  UCase(StringFingerprint(string, #PB_Cipher_MD5))
EndMacro

Debug MD5("yourpassword")

[swhite]

Why is this relevant for you? I see no problem with that, just a little inconsistency.

I am searching a database of hashes created by another software product and all their hashes use upper case so my sql commands from PB failed to find a match because PB used lower cases values. So I now changed my PB code so that the hashes are converted to upper case and the search works now.

Simon

[Paul]

If all your entries in the database are uppercase, you could also change your SQL statement to search them as lowercase...

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select * from whatever_table where lower(whatever_field) = 'a1b2c3';

Or like PB's UCASE command, you could do the same in your SQL statement..

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select * from whatever_table where whatever_field = upper('a1b2c3');