Is SHA256 the fastest choice for calling HASH() in SQL Anywhere 12?

[Breck_Carter]

The numbers shown at Crypto++ 5.6.0 Benchmarks seem to indicate that SHA256 is the fastest of the choices available with SQL Anywhere 12's HASH function... is that true? (there is occasionally a [cough] gap [cough] 'twixt theory and practice)

I'm interested in raw speed for computing string fingerprints, not cryptographic strength.

[former_SQLA_member1694876]

I think CRC32 ought to be fastest, then MD5. (I'm not quite sure what the columns are in that benchmark table, but it looks to me like they are confirming this.)

[Breck_Carter]

I think you're right, SHA256 is the slowest, not the fastest.