How to change or update password that is saved using MD5 ?

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Hello!!

I have saved Password into table using MD5. Please tell me how to update these password? I am creating a page to let users change their passwords.I googled but only found links about how to store password using md5 not how to update.

Thanks!!

Posted 17-Jul-12 1:49am

ujjwal uniyal

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Abdul Quader Mamun 17-Jul-12 7:52am

I think may be MD5 cannot be possible to decrypt. If so, then you need to create new encryption and replace it to old encryption.

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Hi,
Here you can find an article on Encrypt and Decrypt Data with C#[^].

--Amit

Posted 17-Jul-12 2:24am

_Amy

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_Amy 17-Jul-12 8:43am

What was the problem? Got devoted..

Tejas Vaishnav 17-Jul-12 8:44am

nice answer, it might helpful to solve the problem

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StianSandberg · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-17T01:52:00

Solution 1

Update and store is same thing. You create a MD5 from the new password and save it to the database. You don't have to do anything with the old password..

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UPDATE tblUsers SET Password = 'newMd5password' WHERE UserId = 123

Posted 17-Jul-12 1:52am

StianSandberg

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Tejas Vaishnav 17-Jul-12 8:43am

this idea is also working for updating existing password, we can replace the old one with new/updated password.