Index: kernel/classes/ezurlaliasml.php
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--- kernel/classes/ezurlaliasml.php	(revision 23815)
+++ kernel/classes/ezurlaliasml.php	(working copy)
@@ -2262,15 +2262,9 @@
      Wraps a database md5 call around the string $text and returns the new SQL for it.
 
      \param $escape If true it will lowercase the text and escape it.
-     \note If the database is Oracle and the text is empty the MD5 is computed by PHP
-           and returned.
      */
     static private function md5( $db, $text, $escape = true )
     {
-        // Special case for Oracle since it cannot calculate MD5 for empty strings
-        if ( strlen( $text ) == 0 && $db->databaseName() == 'oracle' )
-            return "'" . $db->escapeString( md5( $text ) ) . "'";
-
         if ( $escape )
             $text = $db->escapeString( eZURLAliasML::strtolower( $text ) );
         return $db->md5( "'" . $text . "'" );