Hello ALV,

Use Reflector to get algorithm

Code below from the .net 2.0 (have no 1.1 nearby)
/// <summary>Returns the hash code for this string.</summary>
/// <returns>A 32-bit signed integer hash code.</returns>
/// <filterpriority>2</filterpriority>
[ReliabilityContract(Consistency.WillNotCorruptState, Cer.MayFail)]
public override unsafe int GetHashCode()
{
     fixed (char* text1 = ((char*) this))
     {
           char* chPtr1 = text1;
           int num1 = 0x15051505;
           int num2 = num1;
           int* numPtr1 = (int*) chPtr1;
           for (int num3 = this.Length; num3 > 0; num3 -= 4)
           {
                 num1 = (((num1 << 5) + num1) + (num1 >> 0x1b)) ^ numPtr1[0];
                 if (num3 <= 2)
                 {
                       break;
                 }
                 num2 = (((num2 << 5) + num2) + (num2 >> 0x1b)) ^ numPtr1[1];
                 numPtr1 += 2;
           }
           return (num1 + (num2 * 0x5d588b65));
     }
}

A> GetHashCode algorithm is?
A>
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WBR,
Michael  Nemtsev :: blog: http://spaces.msn.com/laflour

"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not
cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsche

Michael has replied with the algorithm, but it should be stressed that
you *should not* rely on a hashcode being valid outside the environment
it was originally generated in. Hashcodes as given by GetHashCode are
meant to be temporary indications of potential equality. They should
*not* be persisted (which is presumably what has happened here) unless
you have clear documentation saying that this is valid.