Subject Re: hash.cc From Sean <sean@seanwessels.co.za> Date Thu, 29 Feb 2024 23:51:19 -0500 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Hi Ken, Ah! Thanks a million for this, and also a massive thank you for your books, they are such a valuable resource, I owe you coffee! I'm still figuring the newsgroup system out, I replied to Marc about what was happening if you wanted an update :) Sean Ken Mayer Wrote: > On 2/29/2024 3:16 AM, Sean wrote: > > > > If I may ask a noob question. I wanted to use the hash function to check whether data within a dataset has changed between two days. This to my brain seems like a good use. > > > > When I run the hash, the values populated change for each iteration I run. So each rows hash is never the same which null and voids my use case - am I potentially doing something wrong (more like what am I doing wrong?!). > > You are doing nothing wrong, hash should be unique. Period. This not > meant to be something you can decode ... > > Suggest if you want it to be something consistent each time you look at > Encryption instead -- there are several routines in the dUFLP for that. > Those can be decoded/unencrypted ... > > Ken > > -- > *Ken Mayer* > Ken's dBASE Page: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase > The dUFLP: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/index.htm#duflp > dBASE Books: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Books/dBASEBooks.htm > dBASE Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/00_Preface.htm > dBASE Web Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/WebTutorial/00_Menu.htm > dBASE DOS to Windows Tutorial: > http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/DtoWTutorial/00_Menu.htm >