"William Harazim" <wharazim(at)fulcoinc(dot)com> writes:
> Is there a way, having a user entered username and password, to select a si=
> ngle row from pg_shadow which is using md5 password encryption?
I think what you need to know is that the stored passwd field is formed
thus:
'md5' || md5(password || username);
Substitute this for your crypt() call and you're set. Don't think you
need the separate step to extract salt (you didn't need it before
either, really).
regards, tom lane