[Phpmyadmin-devel] Re: using md5(table_name) for identifying a table in PMA_showMessage()

[Michal Čihař]

Hi

On Tue 11. 10. 2005 12:02, Sebastian Mendel wrote:
> PMA_showMessage() in common.lib.php uses md5() for generating the
> table-id, why md5() why not cleartext?

Probably because you need to escape plaintext somehow and md5 is easiest 
way to ensure you don't get any ugly characters on output :-)

> and second: why only the table-name? the table is not unique if you
> have more than one db ...

No idea, probably was meant only for one database queries...

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    Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com
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