MySQL Password field

Creating a table with password field in mysql database.

mysql>create table contact
(Name varchar(20),
password char(41));

mysql>insert into contact values('john',password('12345'));

mysql>select * from contact;


you will get this result

john *23AE809DDACAF96AF0FD78ED04B6A265E05AA257
Password is encrypted now no user can see it.