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Functions / Binary String Functions And Operators

sha256

Read the PG 18 manual

Computes the SHA-256 hash of the binary string.

Reading PG 18current·documented in 10 of 27 versions, 11 to 20

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Signatures & examples

sha256 ( bytea ) → bytea
Computes the SHA-256 hash of the binary string.
sha256('abc'::bytea) → \xba7816bf8f01cfea414140de5dae2223​b00361a396177a9cb410ff61f20015ad
Version history 2
  1. 12 → 13 changed
  2. 10 → 11 added

Definition snapshot: 2026-09-14T13:14:25.684213+00:00@99e6866c · English manual source