This problem is easily solved in 12c with the function STANDARD_HASH.
The solution in previous versions is only slightly more complicated. Build a simple wrapper around DBMS_CRYPTO that acts just like STANDARD_HASH:
--Imitation of the 12c function with the same name.
--Remember to drop this function when you upgrade!
create or replace function standard_hash(
p_string varchar2,
p_method varchar2 default 'SHA1'
) return varchar2 is
v_method number;
v_invalid_identifier exception;
pragma exception_init(v_invalid_identifier, -904);
begin
--Intentionally case-sensitive, just like the 12c version.
if p_method = 'SHA1' then
v_method := dbms_crypto.hash_sh1;
--These algorithms are only available in 12c and above.
$IF NOT DBMS_DB_VERSION.VER_LE_11 $THEN
elsif p_method = 'SHA256' then
v_method := dbms_crypto.hash_sh256;
elsif p_method = 'SHA384' then
v_method := dbms_crypto.hash_sh384;
elsif p_method = 'SHA512' then
v_method := dbms_crypto.hash_sh512;
$END
elsif p_method = 'MD5' then
v_method := dbms_crypto.hash_md5;
else
raise v_invalid_identifier;
end if;
return rawToHex(dbms_crypto.hash(utl_raw.cast_to_raw(p_string), v_method));
end;
/
You may need to logon with SYS and grant your user access to DBMS_CRYPTO to make the function work:
grant execute on sys.dbms_crypto to ;
Create a public synonym, grant it to everyone, and it works exactly the same way.
create public synonym standard_hash for .standard_hash;
grant execute on standard_hash to public;
select standard_hash('Some text', 'MD5') from dual;
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select standard_hash('Some text', 'md5') from dual;
ORA-00904: : invalid identifier
Here is a simple example of using the function:
update some_table
set column1 = standard_hash(column1),
column2 = standard_hash(column2);
But updating large amounts of data can be slow. It may be faster to create a new table, drop the old one, rename the new one, etc. And the hash value may be larger than the column size, it may be necessary to alter table some_table modify column1 varchar2(40 byte);
It amazes me how many products and tools there are to do such a simple thing.