# How to create a new user in pure sql

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**Category:** Migration\
**Created:** [December 19, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-new-user-in-pure-sql/136525 "2019-12-19T17:15:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-new-user-in-pure-sql/136525/7 "2019-12-19T22:51:12Z")

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> [@michaeld](#):
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> But you can create the users using the API and then insert the md5 hashes in a custom field using SQL. You will have best of both worlds.

Yes, I had the thought but as I dont quite understand how the md5 hashing works wasn’t clear if that was possibility, okay I will give that a go.

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