<-- Section from schema generated by my migration -->
  create_table "users", :force => true do |t|
    t.column "username", :string
    t.column "email",    :string
    t.column "hash",     :string
  end

<!-- Section in the controller where i get user from db -->
def login
    if request.post?
      @user = User.find_by_email(params[:email])
      puts "User hash: #{@user.hash}"
      if @user.password == params[:password]
        flash[:notice] = 'User was successfully logged in. '
        flash[:notice] = @user.hash
        redirect_to :action => 'list'
      else
        flash[:notice] = 'User was unsuccessfully logged in.'
        redirect_to :action => 'list'
      end
    end
  end

<!-- @user.hash return a number instead of the whole string -->