Re: [GENERAL] Verifying a user.

2004-10-14 Thread Steven Klassen
* Steven Klassen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-10-14 10:07:39 -0700]: > CREATE FUNCTION check_passwd(text,text) RETURNS boolean AS 'SELECT > CASE WHEN passwd = md5($2) THEN true ELSE false END FROM pg_shadow > WHERE usename = $1;' LANGUAGE sql; Strike that - go with what Michael recommended. I glance

Re: [GENERAL] Verifying a user.

2004-10-14 Thread Steven Klassen
* Thomas Hallgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-10-14 17:27:20 +0200]: > I'm connected to a database and I want to verify that a username and > password for some user is correct. I know I can verify a users existence > by doing: > > select exists(select * from pg_user where usename = $1) You can g

Re: [GENERAL] Verifying a user.

2004-10-14 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 05:27:20PM +0200, Thomas Hallgren wrote: > I'm connected to a database and I want to verify that a username and > password for some user is correct. I know I can verify a users existence > by doing: > > select exists(select * from pg_user where usename = $1) > > but I wo

[GENERAL] Verifying a user.

2004-10-14 Thread Thomas Hallgren
I'm connected to a database and I want to verify that a username and password for some user is correct. I know I can verify a users existence by doing: select exists(select * from pg_user where usename = $1) but I would like to verify the correctness of the password as well. Is there a way to d