# 22. Virtuoso Functions Guide - md5_init

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## md5_init

returns the string serialization of a new md5 context
new md5 checksum contextmd5_init
Description

This function initializes an MD5_CTX, converts it into varchar form and returns this representation. Should be used with md5_update/md5_final.

See Also

md5_update, md5_final