On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 9:58 AM hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz(at)depesz(dot)com>
wrote:
> Hi,
> So, we have various sha* functions.
>
> And I recently got asked about using them as a based for unique index
> over long texts.
> Normally one would do it with md5(text), but the person asking wanted to
> use sha().
I think I'd push back, asking them if they really need
cryptographically-secure hashing (which they most probably don't).
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