SQLServer Functions and Hacks 1. ASCII - ASCII value of just the first character 2. CHAR - Character corresponding to the ASCII value 3. CHARINDEX - Index of the start of a substring in a string ...

For example, you can use the MD5 () function in MySQL or the HASHBYTES () function in SQL Server to create a hash of a password and store it in the database instead of the plain text.

A new SQL Server 2025 feature lets organizations run vector-based semantic searches on their own data, connecting to local or ...