MySQL password() returns a binary string from a plain text password.
The function returns NULL if the string supplied as the argument was NULL.
MySQL server uses this function to encrypt MySQL passwords for storage in the Password column of the user grant table.
Syntax:
PASSWORD(string);
Argument:
Name Description string A string which is to be encrypted using PASSWORD function.Syntax Diagram:
MySQL Version: 8.0
Example:
Code:
SELECT PASSWORD('w3resource');
Explanation:
The above MySQL statement encrypts the plain text string w3resource and returns a binary string *EE0804DDC2CC3E85A47191ECCCBA29B775DFFA77.
Output:
mysql> SELECT PASSWORD('w3resource');
+-------------------------------------------+
| PASSWORD('w3resource') |
+-------------------------------------------+
| *EE0804DDC2CC3E85A47191ECCCBA29B775DFFA77 |
+-------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
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