id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
235	meta.HashField()	maurycy	Adrian Holovaty	"It's very common to save passwords this way:

{{{
class Test(meta.Model):
  fields = (
    meta.CharField('username', 'username', maxlength=64),
    meta.CharField('password_md5', 'password MD5 hash', maxlength=32),
  )
}}}

As you see, MD5 hash of the password is saved in !meta.CharField field. Aside of limiting to only MD5 hash, programmer has to remember length of the generated hash and during read or write to handle it with her or his own functions on the Python layer, like md5.

My proposal is to create ''meta.HashField()'' field, which would preserve programmers time and take care on these common operations, as they could be done on database-side with bult-in functions like MD5() or other. It would also can support param ''type'' specifing which hash algorith to use."	defect	closed	Metasystem		normal	wontfix			Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0