That "Hash" it.

Basically hashing is a one-way encryption method.. The most popular are MD5 SHA1 and SHA2..

They take a string and encrypt it into a uniform length..... Most scripting languages include an implementation of these algorithms...

MySQL has it as a password function

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INSERT INTO table VALUES (PASSWORD('monie'), username)

PHP makes it even easier

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$hash = md5('monie');



$hash = sha1('monie'); 

I assume ASP has one as well

It will not be retrievable....