From c2862e3cad4f0faa66dacda34d863ab2bb8d63a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 19:06:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add some examples.
---
contrib/chkpass/README.chkpass | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/contrib/chkpass/README.chkpass b/contrib/chkpass/README.chkpass
index 796abf17a59..e1491839e20 100644
--- a/contrib/chkpass/README.chkpass
+++ b/contrib/chkpass/README.chkpass
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/chkpass/README.chkpass,v 1.4 2007/10/01 06:52:42 darcy Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/chkpass/README.chkpass,v 1.5 2007/10/01 19:06:48 darcy Exp $
Chkpass is a password type that is automatically checked and converted upon
entry. It is stored encrypted. To compare, simply compare against a clear
@@ -21,6 +21,36 @@ The encryption uses the standard Unix function crypt(), and so it suffers
from all the usual limitations of that function; notably that only the
first eight characters of a password are considered.
+Here is some sample usage:
+
+test=# create table test (p chkpass);
+CREATE TABLE
+test=# insert into test values ('hello');
+INSERT 0 1
+test=# select * from test;
+ p
+----------------
+ :dVGkpXdOrE3ko
+(1 row)
+
+test=# select raw(p) from test;
+ raw
+---------------
+ dVGkpXdOrE3ko
+(1 row)
+
+test=# select p = 'hello' from test;
+ ?column?
+----------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+test=# select p = 'goodbye' from test;
+ ?column?
+----------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
D'Arcy J.M. Cain
darcy@druid.net
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