>>I'd like to create a hash (i.e. non-reversible) from a SSN that is at least the same length as a SSN. A checksum only gives you 4 digits. I tried a hash function in the cryptapi class but it was a bunch of odd characters.
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>Check MD5 hash http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~VfpMd5HashFunction

Greetings Sergey,

Thank you. I had checked out that function. I think I wasn't clear on what I'm looking for. What I'd like to have instead of the odd character string is a numeric or even alphanumeric string of the same length - similar to a checksum. Is that possible?

Regards,

E.R.