mySQL: get hash value for each row?

Question

Currently I\'m manually creating a string where I concatenate all the values in each row in my table. I\'m hashing this string for each row to get a hash value for the curre

Answer 1

you could do something like

SELECT MD5(concat(field1, field2, field3, ...)) AS rowhash

but you can't get away from listing which fields you want, as concat(*) is not an option (syntax error).