-- -- crypt() and gen_salt(): bcrypt -- SET autocommit TO 'on'; SELECT crypt('', '$2a$06$RQiOJ.3ELirrXwxIZY8q0O'); crypt -------------------------------------------------------------- $2a$06$RQiOJ.3ELirrXwxIZY8q0OlGbBEpDmx7IRZlNYvGJ1SHXwNi2cEKK (1 row) SELECT crypt('foox', '$2a$06$RQiOJ.3ELirrXwxIZY8q0O'); crypt -------------------------------------------------------------- $2a$06$RQiOJ.3ELirrXwxIZY8q0OR3CVJrAfda1z26CCHPnB6mmVZD8p0/C (1 row) CREATE TABLE ctest (data text, res text, salt text); INSERT INTO ctest VALUES ('password', '', ''); UPDATE ctest SET salt = gen_salt('bf', 8); UPDATE ctest SET res = crypt(data, salt); SELECT res = crypt(data, res) AS "worked" FROM ctest; worked -------- t (1 row) DROP TABLE ctest;